<i>A. Because he&#x27;s wanted for arrest, and you can&#x27;t arrest someone over Google Hangout &#x2F; Skype &#x2F; etc.</i><p>I had thought that one possible outcome of the interview with him would be a decision to not arrest him. If that&#x27;s the case it seems they&#x27;d want to get the interview out of the way by any means, and then if the need to arrest him stands, deal with that then.<p><i>B. Because the Ecuadorian government required guarantees the Swedish government cannot provide (because it&#x27;d be overriding the judiciary).</i><p>Interesting, I don&#x27;t remember that bit, but that sounds likely. Oh well... what can ya do? <i>shrug</i>