Political crisis for Julian Assange: "Extraordinary meeting" in Ecuador

The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) has convened an "extraordinary meeting" in Ecuador on Sunday to discuss the situation at the embassy.

Based on diplomats this is the first initiative for a convergence of the UNASUR convergence a person.
A statement released on the website of the foreign ministry of Peru, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the intergovernmental union, said:




"The Foreign Ministry of Peru lets public opinion know that, in concordance with the statutory responsibilities of the temporary presidency of UNASUR, at the behest of the Republic of Ecuador and after consulting member states, an extraordinary meeting of the Counsel of Foreign Ministers of the Union has been convened on Sunday August 19 in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
The meeting has been requested with the intention of considering the situation raised at the embassy of Ecuador in the United Kingdom".