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(118,273 posts)attention to relevant provisions of our law," including the rules which govern the legal status of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom.
The statement didn't elaborate, but Britain's 1987 Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act does allow British officials to revoke the diplomatic status of a building if the foreign power to which it belongs "ceases to use land for the purposes of its mission or exclusively for the purposes of a consular post."
"We have an obligation to extradite Mr. Assange and it is only right that we give Ecuador (the) full picture," the statement said, before adding: "We are still committed to reaching a mutually acceptable solution" ...
Ecuador says Britain threatened embassy assault
By GONZALO SOLANO 31 minutes ago
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