During his visit to the United States, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will ask US President Joe Biden to support the candidacy of British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace for the new post of NATO Secretary General. This was reported by the British newspaper The Telegraph. DEA News.
Rishi Sunak will use his trip to Washington this week to persuade Joe Biden to support the UK Secretary of Defense for a senior NATO mission.
According to the newspaper, the British Prime Minister brought up this issue on the sidelines of the last meeting of the leaders of the “Big Seven” (G7) countries in Hiroshima.
The article says that Ben Wallace is hugely popular in the US due to his central role in building an international support coalition for Ukraine and driving UK defense spending to 2.25%. At the same time, the material also indicates that France and Germany may not support the candidacy of the post of General Secretary of the alliance, and that some countries of the bloc may support the “first woman” candidacy as a potential new president. NATO in the person of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
As expected, the name of the new NATO Secretary General may be announced in July.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace in May declarationHe said he would be happy to become the new Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance.