KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 (Xinhua) -- There would not be quick decision from the Ecuadorian government on whether to grant asylum status to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino Aroca said here Wednesday.
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