Rafael Correa. File photoMOSCOW, April 23 Former President of Ecuador Rafael Correa told Agence France-Presse that Belgium had granted him asylum. Earlier, the Ecuadorian court began the process of extradition from Belgium of ex-President Rafael Correa in a corruption case, reported President of the National Court Ivan Sakisela. The agency also reported that a document received by him from the Chief Commissioner for Refugees and Stateless Persons confirms Correa's status. Currently, Correa lives in Belgium and is married to a citizen of this country, the children of the ex-president also have Belgian citizenship . The politician calls the accusations against himself a farce, which is designed to oust him from the political field of Ecuador. At the end of September last year, the cassation tribunal of the Supreme Court of Ecuador found ex-president Rafael Correa and former vice-president Jorge Glas guilty of inciting bribery in a corruption case, confirming the earlier sentence of eight years in prison.
