Ecuador has demanded guarantees that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be spared extradition to the United States, if he gives up his refuge in the Latin American country's London embassy. <br/><br/>Ecuador's Foreign Minister Guillaume Long was quoted as saying he had sought assurances from Britain and Sweden that Assange would not be extradited if released from his diplomatic refuge. The forty-five old Assange has been in the embassy since 2012 to avoid being sent to Sweden where he faces rape accusations which he denies.<br/><br/>In an interview Mr Long said Assange could be sent to Sweden as long as he is not extradited to a third country. Assange fears Sweden would extradite him to the United States to answer for the leaking of diplomatic cables by his whistleblowing website, which embarrassed Washington.