The President of Ecuador claims Julian Assange violated the terms of his asylum in his country's embassy by using it as a 'centre for spying'.
Lenín Moreno told the Guardian that the decision to end Assange's asylum suddenly last week was based on the WikiLeaks founder allegedly 'breaking international law'.
Moreno said Assange had 'attempted to intefere in processes of other states' during his time at the embassy in London.
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Ecuador President Lenin Moreno claimed Julian Assange used the Ecuadorean embassy as a 'centre for spying'
Jennifer Robinson, Assange's lawyer, says claims he smeared faeces on the walls of his apartment in the Knightsbridge embassy were lies used to force him out
'It is unfortunate that, from our territory and with the permission of authorities of the previous government, facilities have been provided within the Ecuadorian embassy in London to interfere in processes of other states.
'We can not allow our house, the house that opened its doors, to become a centre for spying,' Moreno said, in an apparent reference to the leaked pictures.
'This activity violates asylum conditions. Our decision is not arbitrary but is based on international law'.
Assange lived in the embassy for more than seven years before his arrest on Thursday.
Moreno also previously accused the Australian of 'discourteous and aggressive behaviour' as he confirmed the south American country had withdrawn his asylum status.
Moreno also previously accused the Australian of 'discourteous and aggressive behaviour'
Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian president when Assange was granted asylum, branded Moreno a traitor.
But the country's Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo hit back by claiming Correa had allowed the 47-year-old to get away with some unimaginable behaviour.
She said: 'During his stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy, during the government of the former president Rafael Correa, they tolerated things like Mr Assange putting faeces on the walls of the embassy and other types of behaviour of this kind that is far removed from the minimum respect a guest should have in a country which has generously welcomed him.'
Was Julian Assange expelled from the embassy over a leaked picture of a lobster? Snap of Ecuador’s president eating in bed got Assange pinchedBy George Martin For Mailonline
A spat over scoffing lobster in bed was behind Julian Assange's exit from the Ecuadorian embassy last week and the ensuing political storm over what to do with the WikiLeaks fugitive.
Assange's seven-year stay at the Knightsbridge embassy ended when he was handcuffed at the behest of his exasperated South American hosts and dragged out by officers from Scotland Yard.
Last night, it emerged that Assange was removed after embarrassing pictures of Ecuador president Lenin Moreno dining on lobster at a luxury hotel room were leaked to a website.
In February, more than 200 private emails and text messages belonging to Mr Moreno and his wife, as well as pictures of
