EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has said he will not seek a new term in office but will step down when the post expires in autumn after 10 years of representing the bloc abroad.
The move by Mr Solana, a former Nato chief and Spanish foreign minister, had been expected but this is the first time he has stated it so clearly in public.
"I had a 10-year mandate which I have fulfilled," he told Spanish daily newspaper ABC in an interview. "I do not mean to go any further."
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