London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is 'happy' to go the USA, providing all of his rights are guaranteed, a statement on the group's Twitter account said.
The news comes after outgoing US President Barack Obama gave Chelsea Manning - who leaked a number of diplomatic cables and national security documents to WikiLeaks in 2010 - clemency.
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Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's sentence
In his final days in office, President Obama commutes the sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former intelligence analyst who leaked a trove of classified material to WikiLeaks.
"Assange is still happy to come to the US provided all his rights are guaranteed despite White House now saying Manning was not quid-quo-pro," the Tweet on the WikiLeaks account read.
President Obama's decision on Tuesday to commute Manning's sentence, cutting it by nearly 30 years brought fresh attention to Assange.
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On Twitter last week, Assange's WikiLeaks posted the following: "If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case."
Assange is still happy to come to the US provided all his rights are guarenteed despite White House now saying Manning was not quid-quo-pro.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 18, 2017
Assange has been holed up for more than four years at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
He has refused to meet prosecutors in Sweden, where he remains wanted on an allegation of rape, fearing he would be extradited to the US to face espionage charges if he leaves the embassy.
The US Justice Department has never announced any indictment of Assange, and it's not clear that any charges have been brought under seal.
With the commutation coming just days before Mr Obama leaves office, any decision on whether to charge or seek to extradite Assange will now fall to the Trump administration.
AP