Ecuador's attorney general Julian Assange will leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been staying as a refugee since 2012, the attorney general said on Thursday.
Reuters quoted Ecuador's Attorney-General as saying that his country had told Assange's lawyer to return Britain, but noted that if Assange remained at the embassy, his country would set new conditions for his stay.
"Asanj had the choice between handing over to the British authorities with these guarantees, or staying in the Ecuadorian embassy," he told a news conference. "But as asylum went on for six years without any immediate solution, we will impose certain rules."
Assange has taken refuge in the embassy after British courts ordered him to be deported to Sweden to face an investigation into a sexual harassment case. The suit was dropped, but supporters said he feared he could be deported to the United States if he left the embassy.
WikiLeaks, which published US diplomatic and military secrets when it was run by Assange, faces an investigation in the United States.
