Ecuador has allowed Sweden to interrogate the founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange in its Embassy in London.

The Swedish authorities made official request for Assange's interrogation four years ago and only now Ecuador has agreed.  Date of interrogation will be defined in the next weeks, Foreign Ministry’s statement says.

 It should be noted that Assange has been residing at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012. Foreign Ministry of Ecuador noted in the statement that the government of the country will continue to grant asylum to Julian Assange and to protect him until there are fears concerning his political prosecution.