Ecuador in talks in UK in bid to solve Assange impasse

Ecuador’s foreign minister is making a brief visit to the UK ahead of talks over the future of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Ricardo Patino will travel to the UK on the eve of the first anniversary of Assange’s dramatic arrival at the South American country’s embassy in London.

He was scheduled to meet Assange at the embassy yesterday and is to hold talks with foreign secretary William Hague today.