Julian Assange will finally be questioned inside the Ecuadorian embassy

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be questioned in the next weeks inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he's been living for four years.

Swedish prosecutors received the green light from the Ecuadorian attorney general to question Assange over a rape allegation, which he denies.

Assange refuses to go to Sweden because he believes he will be extradited to the U.S. over his WikiLeaks activities.

He was granted political asylum by Ecuador and offered to be questioned inside the embassy in Knightsbridge - an offer that Swedish prosecutors only recently accepted.

A statement issued in Ecuador said: “In the coming weeks a date will be established for the proceedings to be held at the embassy of Ecuador in the United Kingdom."

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“For more than four years, the government of Ecuador has offered to cooperate in facilitating the questioning of Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, as well as proposing other political and legal measures, in order to reach a satisfactory solution for all parties involved in the legal case against Julian Assange, to end the unnecessary delays in the process and to ensure full and effective legal protection.

“In line with this position, Ecuador proposed to Sweden the negotiation of an agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, which was signed last December and which provides the legal framework for the questioning.”