Ecuador rejects Wikileaks claims that it plans to expel assange

Foreign Ministry calls claims a bid to 'defile' its dignity

Ecuador rejected WikiLeaks’ claims that it plans to expel the organization’s founder Julian Assange from its London embassy, calling them “false news” aimed at undermining the dignity of the country.

In a statement Friday evening, Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry denied it has an agreement with the U.K. about Assange’s arrest. By spreading such news, “the asylum seeker and his associates express once again ingratitude and disrespect toward Ecuador," the ministry said.

WikiLeaks said earlier on Twitter that Ecuador was about to expel its founder within “hours to days,” citing what it called a high level source within the Ecuadorian government. Jennifer Robinson, a