Romania remains the final country yet to give its support to longtime Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte becoming NATO’s next secretary-general after Hungary dropped its objections following meetings in Brussels and Slovakia’s president appeared to signal his country’s support.
One of the main holdouts, Hungary, dropped its resistance on June 18 when Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Rutte had agreed to honor an agreement reached with Stoltenberg that that no Hungarian personnel will take part in the activities of NATO in Ukraine and no Hungarian funds will be used to support them.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has sought the NATO leadership job for himself.
Rutte is now on the verge of the unanimous support he needs to be chosen for the position, with only Romania undeclared among the military alliance’s 32 members to approve the Dutch politician for a four-year term.
The United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Turkey have all said they would support Rutte’s candidacy.https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-rutte-hungary-orban-secretary-general-slovakia/32997677.html
