Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterates his call for the case against Julian Assange to be dropped
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterates his call for the case against Julian Assange to be dropped, rejecting suggestions that the United States will not be swayed by this issue.
Since taking office in 2022, the Albanian government has been calling for an end to the US pursuit of Assange.
But during a visit to Australia last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken opposed the demands, saying Assange was charged with “very serious criminal conduct.”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterates his call for the case against Julian Assange (pictured in London in 2017) to be dropped
Assange, an Australian citizen, published a wealth of classified documents more than a decade ago.
He has been in prison in the UK for more than four years and is fighting extradition to the US on espionage charges.
Still, Mr Albanese did not believe Mr Blinken’s comments suggested that the US government was unlikely to change its approach to the matter and rather reflected a position expressed in private conversations.
“What Minister Blinken did was just saying, in line with the American position,” he told reporters in Canberra.
“We remain very firm in our opinions and in our protests to the US government and we will continue to do so.”
The Prime Minister will keep repeating to his American colleagues that the matter has gone on too long and said ‘enough is enough’.
Since taking office in 2022, the Albanian government has been calling for an end to US pursuit of Assange