MADRID, 12 February (EUROPA PRESS) –
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), is not considering renewing his mandate in the face of reports in the German press that point to a possible expansion, given his record at the head of the military alliance. .
Sources from the Sunday newspaper Die Welt pointed out that NATO member states intend, in principle, to extend Stoltenberg’s mandate until April 2024, which ended on September 30 this year, due to “extraordinary achievements”. institution during the Ukrainian war.
Likewise, alliance members want to give Stoltenberg the opportunity to preside over the organization’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington in April 2024. his next target: Presidency of the World Bank, when the American David Malpass leaves his post almost simultaneously.
In response, the secretary-general’s spokesperson, Oana Lungescu, confirmed to the DPA agency that Stoltenberg would not expand his position no matter how “informal agreement” the 30 NATO member states had reached, as Die Welt explained on the matter.
“The tenure of Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has been extended three times, and he served for almost nine years in total,” he told the agency on Saturday. “It expires in October of this year and he has no intention of seeking an extension of his term once again,” he added.
NATO allies agreed to extend Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s mandate for another year on March 24, 2022, shortly after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Source: Noti Merica