Nomination of Latvian Foreign Minister for NATO Secretary General

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, Latvian Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins announced that he would like to run for the post of Jens Stoltenberg as the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 2024. .

The “Bloomberg” network reported, the spokesperson of the Latvian Foreign Minister said: “If Latvia decides to run for NATO Secretary General, Krisjanis Karins, it is ready to join the race.” “

The spokesman added: “Karins will seek to help the NATO alliance by using his leadership experience as prime minister, a clear understanding of the Russian threat, a strong stance on Ukraine and He has an impressive proven track record as a builder of international consensus.”

64-year-old Stoltenberg, who is the prime minister of Norway, has been the Secretary General of NATO since 2014, and his tenure has been It was extended three times. He announced in a tweet last July that he is proud that his term as the head of NATO has been extended until October 1, 2024, and after this date he will step down as the Secretary General of NATO.

This is his decision. It was approved by NATO leaders during the July summit of this alliance in Vilnius city.

Earlier, it was speculated that due to the lack of consensus among the members of this organization regarding Stoltenberg’s successor, his tenure was extended. . The Secretary General of NATO is usually appointed by the consensus of 31 members of this alliance and for a four-year term. Was established. Although the goal of this organization at the time of its establishment was called “collective defense”, but after the aggressive policies of this organization and repeated interference in the affairs of other countries, some analysts consider the current war between Russia and Ukraine as one of the disastrous results of this organization’s aggressive approach towards Russia knows.

This organization now has 31 members, and the most important clause of this treaty is its fifth article, that the members have agreed to consider a military attack on one or more member countries as an attack on all members and to confront.

Ukraine wants to join this organization, but Stoltenberg previously said that Kiev will not become a NATO member as long as the war is going on in this country. However, the NATO member states, led by the United States, have not given up any attempt to wage a proxy war with Russia since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine.

Moscow has repeatedly warned NATO about the continued delivery of lethal weapons to Ukraine and its consequences, saying that this process not only risks escalating tensions between Russia and NATO, but can also affect the entire world. destabilize due to the possibility of these weapons being transferred to terrorist, rebel and criminal groups in Europe, West Asia and Africa.

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