The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said he will leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London after spending two years there.
He made the announcement at a press conference held at the embassy on Monday, reports UK-based The Telegraph.
He said: "I am leaving the embassy soon, but perhaps not for the reasons the Murdoch Press and Sky News are saying at the moment."
According to the report, the announcement came following the detection of Assange's potentially life-threatening heart defect and a chronic lung condition during his confinement at the embassy.
The 43-year-old has been living inside the building in Knightsbridge, London, since he was granted diplomatic asylum in August 2012.
Ricardo Patino, foreign minister for Ecuador, said: "the situation must come to an end."
He said: "Two years is simply too long, it's time to free Julian Assange. It's time for his human rights to be respected."
The British government wants to extradite him to Sweden for questioning in relation to a sexual assault investigation.
However, Assange claimed that he will be extradited to the US if he faces charges in Sweden.
He could face 35 years in prison in US for publishing classified documents related to the Pentagon’s activities in Iraq and Afghanistan on WikiLeaks.