LONDON (Reuters) - Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Thursday he would have liked to have been the European Union's new foreign policy chief, but added that the circumstances were not right. Catherine Ashton, who was little known even in Britain, was selected last month to fill the new post of high representative for foreign affairs. "In other circumstances I would of course have liked to have done that job as it combines my interest in Europe and foreign affairs," Mandelson told BBC radio.
LONDON (Reuters) - Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Thursday he would have liked to have been the European Union's new foreign policy chief, but added that the circumstances were not right.
Catherine Ashton, who was little known even in Britain, was selected last month to fill the new post of high representative for foreign affairs.
"In other circumstances I would of course have liked to have done that job as it combines my interest in Europe and foreign affairs," Mandelson told BBC radio.
