Ecuador's foreign minister has stood shoulder to shoulder with Julian Assange at the country's London embassy and pledged that his government remains firmly committed to protecting the WikiLeaks founder's human rights.

Ricardo Patino's visit preceded talks with his British counterpart William Hague on the eve of the one-year anniversary of Assange entering the Ecuadorean embassy.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves from a window with Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino at Ecuador's embassy in London.

At the same time prominent Australian journalist John Pilger accused the Gillard government of shamefully abandoning the former computer hacker.

Pilger, a long-term WikiLeaks supporter, also accused Foreign Minister Bob Carr of lying about the Australian's case.