WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to testify in the Russian affair before a committee of the US Senate on the possible interference of Moscow in the American presidential election. According to WikiLeaks, the 47-year-old received a written request.

The platform put the letter in the net. Neither the US embassy in London nor the spokeswoman for the deputy committee chairman Mark Warner wanted to express themselves on request of the German press agency to the letter.

BREAKING: US Senate Intelligence Committee calls editor @ Julian Assange to testify. Letter delivered via US embassy in London. WikiLeaks' legal team say they are "considering the offer but testimony must conform to a high ethical standard". So: https://t.co/pPf0GTjTlp pic.twitter.com/TrDKkCKVBx

- WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) August 8, 2018

Assange is being asked in the letter by the Senate Intelligence Committee to question him. The place and time of the meeting should therefore be "mutually acceptable". Assange may seem ready to comment: WikiLeaks said the bid will be reviewed, but the terms must be "high ethical standards".

WikiLeaks sought contact with Donald Trump junior

The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including an involvement of US President Donald Trump's detention center.

Assange has been stuck in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for more than six years to escape a feared extradition to the United States. Washington blames him for releasing explosive US documents from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq via the WikiLeaks platform.

In the past US presidential election campaign, WikiLeaks also published stolen e-mails from the Democratic Party, allegedly by Russian hackers, thereby harming Trump-defeated candidate Hillary Clinton. During the election campaign, WikiLeaks also contacted Trump's son Donald Jr.

The government in Quito has now made it clear that they want to get rid of Assange as soon as possible.