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London police dragged Assange out of the embassy on Thursday
after his seven-year asylum was revoked, paving the way for his
extradition to the United States for one of the biggest ever
leaks of classified information.
Assange's relationship with his hosts collapsed after Ecuador
accused him of leaking information about Moreno's personal life.
Moreno denied to the Guardian that he had acted as a reprisal
for the way in which documents about his family had been leaked.
He said he regretted that Assange had used the embassy to
interfere in other country’s democracies.
"Any attempt to destabilize is a reprehensible act for Ecuador,
because we are a sovereign nation and respectful of the politics
of each country," Moreno told the Guardian by email.
"We cannot allow our house, the house that opened its doors, to
become a center for spying,” the Guardian quoted Moreno as
saying.
Supporters of Assange said Ecuador had betrayed him at the
behest of Washington, that the ending of his asylum was illegal
and that it marked a dark moment for press freedom.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Michael Holden)
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