Norway NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg He has no intention of extending his position at the head of the Atlantic Alliance beyond October.The organization’s spokesperson, Oana Lungescu, announced this Sunday when her tenure in office will expire.
“The post of Secretary General Jens StoltenbergIt was extended three times and served for a total of nearly nine years.”, the spokesperson told EFE.
As he said, “The duty of the Secretary General ends in october this year and he has no intention of asking for a further extension of his term.”
On March 24, just one month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Alliance leaders agreed to extend it for another year at a summit in Brussels. until September 30 this yearStoltenberg’s authority.
The Allies then thanked the former prime minister of Norway. “leadership and commitment”especially at a “critical moment for international security”.
Stoltenberg said he was “honored” by the decision of the Alliance’s heads of state and government.
“As we face the greatest security crisis in a generation, we stand together to keep our Alliance strong and our people safe,” he said at the time.
Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General since October 2014. tenure extended which will expire on September 30, 2022- When appointed by the Norwegian Government as head of the Central Bank in that country for a period of six years from December of that year.
However, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked debate over whether he could stay in NATO longer, a possibility that was eventually confirmed.
Stoltenberg is a trained economist and was Minister of Finance during Thorbjørn Jagland’s government (1996-1997) before assuming leadership of the Labor Party and later becoming Prime Minister of Norway (2000-2001, 2005-2013).
In 2014, he left Norwegian politics to take command of NATO, where he was re-elected several times.
Alliance leaders will meet again in Vilnius on 11 and 12 July, where they will be able to formally confirm Stoltenberg’s successor or successor, as this is the first time there has been talk of a woman becoming head of NATO.
Source: Informacion
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