Dutch Mark Rutte came closer to the seat of NATO Secretary General

– International news – Tasnim News Agency According to the German “Hamburger Abend Blatt” newspaper, in addition to Slovakia, Hungary now wants Dutch Mark Rutte to support the title of the new Secretary General of NATO. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced this on Tuesday on the X messaging platform.

Ruthe assured Orbán at a meeting in Brussels that Hungary will respect the agreement with Jens Stoltenberg, the current NATO Secretary General. had achieved, will support. Accordingly, no Hungarian personnel should participate in NATO activities in Ukraine. Furthermore, no Hungarian funds should be used to support these activities.

Orbán explained that since Rutte will also support the agreement as the new head of NATO, Hungary is ready to support Rutte’s request. The Dutchman is the senior official in this military coalition.

Slovakia had already given the green light in this regard. “Peter Pellegrini”, the president of Slovakia, said in this regard: After the final conversation with Mark Rutte and consultation with the Slovak government, this country can introduce Mark Rutte as the head of the NATO military alliance.

Only What is lacking now is the official support of Romania, whose president Klaus Iohannis announced in March that he is also a candidate for the top job.

However, NATO is looking for a new head. Stoltenberg’s term as NATO Secretary General will end in a few months. In the meantime, the Dutch candidate “Mark Rutte” is in charge of this popular position. The Norwegian now wants to leave his post in October after a decade at the head of the military alliance. The NATO Secretary General is usually appointed by consensus and therefore needs the support of all 32 members of this military alliance. Many countries have already supported Dutch Prime Minister Rutte.

Resistance in this regard came from Hungary for a long time. Citing inside sources, broadcasters NOS and RTL reported that Orban did not repeat his demand for an apology from Rutte for his views on Hungary, which Orban described as “troublesome”. The apology was one of two conditions for Hungary to approve Ruthe as Stoltenberg’s successor. Another – a guarantee that Hungary would neither have to provide money nor send personnel to Ukraine – was made by Stoltenberg last week.

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