Stoltenberg named new NATO chief
NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has confirmed Norway’s former premier Jens Stoltenberg will succeed him as new chief of the military alliance in October.
The appointment comes at a critical time for the alliance as the crisis over Ukraine has suddenly made NATO more relevant in Europe.
Mr Fogh Rasmussen is to step down after a Nato summit in Wales later this year, and the past weeks had seen feverish diplomatic activity as some member states sought to push their candidate into the top political job of the 28-nation military alliance.
“Warm congratulations,” Mr Fogh Rasmussen said in a Twitter message to his fellow Scandinavian politician.
