Restoring Assange internet not a result of UN pressure: Ecuador

Ecuador denied on Wednesday reports that UN pressure had forced it to restore communications to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the country's embassy in London.

Ecuador "rejects with indignation" reports that President Lenin Moreno was influenced by meetings with UN officials on the Assange case, the foreign ministry said.

"Ecuador received no pressure from anyone to make the decision," a ministry spokeswoman told AFP.

The foreign ministry said Moreno "did not even talk about the issue of asylum" in meetings last week with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and the UN special rapporteur for Freedom of Expression David Kaye.

Quito blocked Assange's internet and mobile phone access in March after he broke "a written committment" not to interfere in Ecuador's foreign policy.

The ministry also rejected as "false" reports that the UN pressured Ecuador into issuing a "special protocol" regulating the "minimum conditions of stay" for Assange.

A protocol governing Assange's stay at the embassy, revealed by Ecuadoran internet site Codigo Vidrio, warns the 47-year-old Australian that further breaches will lead to "termination of asylum."