Julian Assange has been accused of trying to create a "centre for spying" in the Ecuadorian embassy that sheltered him by the nation's president.

Lenin Moreno also said that no other country had an influence over the decision to revoke the WikiLeaks founder's asylum, which the leader claimed followed repeated violations by Assange.

The comments in an interview with The Guardian show the degradation of Assange's relationship with Ecuador, which allowed him to stay in the London embassy for nearly seven years.

But the 47-year-old was dragged out by police in dramatic scenes on Thursday. He now faces jail for breaching bail and possible extradition to the US.

Mr Moreno, who became president in 2017, said his nation's previous government provided facilities within the embassy "to interfere in processes of other states".

"We cannot allow our house, the house that opened its doors, to become a centre for spying," Mr Moreno told the newspaper.