Mark Rutte expressed his deep honor to be appointed as the new Secretary General of NATO. Through a message shared on the X social network, Rutte expressed his feelings about this important appointment.
"It is a great honor for me to be appointed Secretary General of NATO. The Alliance is and will remain a cornerstone of our collective security. Leading this organization is a responsibility I do not take lightly," he wrote on the X social network.
‘Ik heb altijd genoten van onze synergkeit. Juist ook als we het niet eens waren.
— Mark Rutte (@MinPres) June 26, 2024
En ik wil heel graag de bodes, de griffie, de beveliging en de lieve kelners en koks in het restaurant bedanken.’
Mijn afsluendente woorden in mijn laaste debat met de Tweede Kamer: pic.twitter.com/jSirrqnPeh
On October 1, Rutte will replace the Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg at the head of NATO.
His term has been extended four times since 2014, when he was first appointed. The ambassadors of 32 NATO countries will ratify the appointment during the meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the alliance's political governing body, in Washington on July 9-11, Nova quoted.