Stoltenberg confirmed that he would remain the head of NATO for another year

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed that he would remain at the post for another year - until October 1, 2024. The final decision was made on July 4, this was reported on the website of the North Atlantic Alliance.

“I am proud of the decision of the NATO allies to extend my term as the Secretary General. The transatlantic connection between Europe and North America ensured our freedom and security for almost 75 years, and in a more dangerous world, our great alliance has become even more important than ever, ”Stoltenberg said.

The term of powers of Stoltenberg was extended three times already and expired this fall. In February 2023, NATO claimed that he did not intend to achieve a new extension of the mandate. In March, Reuters reported that Stoltenberg himself offered to stay at the post, because he faced the “largest security crisis in recent years” because of the war in Ukraine.

64-year-old Jens Stoltenberg has been the post of Secretary General of NATO since October 2014. Then he replaced Anders Fogg Rasmussen as Anders. In 2018, Stoltenberg was re -elected for another four years. He became the first Norwegian to take this position. As Reuters wrote , NATO members asked Stoltenberg to stay at the post after they could not agree on the candidate. The media suggested that the ex-Prime Minister of Great Britain Teresa May, the former head of the Eurodilomatia Federic Moherorini, ex-president of Croatia Grabond Grabar-Kitarovich, ex-president of Lithuania Dalya Gribauskaite or ex-president of Estonia Kersty Kaliulaid, could be replaced by the Secretary General of the General of the General of the General of the General of Britain.