Ecuador has invited founder of the Wikileaks website, Julian Assange, to come to the country to do research and give classes to researchers, according to a government press release.
The leftist government also said Assange is free to seek residency in the country.
“If he wants, we have offered him Ecuadorean residency," Kintto Lucas, Ecuadorean deputy Foreign minister, told local media on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
Assange's Wikileaks website is in the process of releasing 251,000 classified diplomatic cables belonging to the U.S. government. Assange had previously sought residency in Sweden but his bid was rejected.
Sweden has put out an international arrest warrant for Assange, where he is accused of rape, sexual molestation, and unlawful coercion of two women.
Assange's current whereabouts remain unknown.
