Ecuador rejects claims that Assange was treated unfairly

Ecuador said Monday that it was not unfairly targeting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange when it revoked his asylum last week.

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Jos Valencia said Assange's behaviour was "undeserving, disrespectful" and he pointed to a video published by the newspaper El Pas. The short video with no audio appears to show Assange arguing with an official inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

"An image is worth a thousand words, and there are several images," Valencia said.

Jennifer Robinson, a lawyer representing Assange, has alleged that Ecuador's government spread lies about his behaviour at its embassy.

Valencia spoke with The Associated Press in an interview during a five-day visit to Washington with President Lenn Moreno. Neither will be having meetings with officials from the Trump administration.

In the interview, the foreign minister said that a Swedish citizen who lived in the capital of Quito and visited Assange multiple times in London was arrested recently "because there is suspicion about his possible participation in criminal activities in Ecuador, related to information technology."