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In the words of Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is advocating for an annual increase of Denmark s defence budget by $2.1 billion, if the authorities allocated. 11.10.2021, Sputnik International
NATO allies are scouring their ranks in search of a successor to Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
Stoltenberg, a former prime minister of Norway, has served in the top civilian post since October 2014. Allies extended his contract until September 2022, leaving little more than a year to install a replacement. At headquarters, formal discussions have just begun, and Stoltenberg’s successor is expected to be introduced at a NATO leaders’ summit in Madrid in late spring or early summer next year.
But speculation in Brussels and other allied capitals is already rampant, with some officials, diplomats and analysts saying that after 72 years it’s high time for the alliance to appoint its first woman to the top civilian job. Others say that given the continuing face-off with Russia, selecting an Eastern European would send an important signal to Moscow.
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