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Prime Minister to use US trip to lobby for Ben Wallace to become next head of Nato
The Telegraph has reported that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will "encourage" the White House endorse the current UK defense secretary, Ben Wallace, for NATO's top post.
Wallace, long seen as an anti-Russia hawk who has helped lead the charge in giving advanced weapons to Kiev while tightening the sanctions noose on Moscow, has expressed interest in serving as the alliance's secretary-general when Jens Stoltenberg's tenure is up by the end of September. A new secretary-general will be named and take office in October.
Earlier this year Stoltenberg's office put out a statement saying, "The secretary-general's term comes to an end in October of this year and he has no intention to seek another extension of his mandate."
The 63-year-old former Norwegian prime minister has been at the helm of NATO at its Brussels headquarters going all the way back to October 2014.
Concerning Wallace and his prospects, The Telegraph additionally reported Sunday that he had previously expressed interest in becoming NATO's next secretary-general, having said it would be a "fantastic" job.
The process whereby NATO's top chief is chosen is not exactly a democratic one involving a public vote; instead, the bloc's 31 members, which most recently includes Finland as the 31st, is chosen through "informal diplomatic consultations" among member states.
Starting in April there were strong rumors that the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen was the top candidate:
www.telegraph.co.uk
The Telegraph has reported that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will "encourage" the White House endorse the current UK defense secretary, Ben Wallace, for NATO's top post.
Wallace, long seen as an anti-Russia hawk who has helped lead the charge in giving advanced weapons to Kiev while tightening the sanctions noose on Moscow, has expressed interest in serving as the alliance's secretary-general when Jens Stoltenberg's tenure is up by the end of September. A new secretary-general will be named and take office in October.
Earlier this year Stoltenberg's office put out a statement saying, "The secretary-general's term comes to an end in October of this year and he has no intention to seek another extension of his mandate."
The 63-year-old former Norwegian prime minister has been at the helm of NATO at its Brussels headquarters going all the way back to October 2014.
Concerning Wallace and his prospects, The Telegraph additionally reported Sunday that he had previously expressed interest in becoming NATO's next secretary-general, having said it would be a "fantastic" job.
The process whereby NATO's top chief is chosen is not exactly a democratic one involving a public vote; instead, the bloc's 31 members, which most recently includes Finland as the 31st, is chosen through "informal diplomatic consultations" among member states.
Starting in April there were strong rumors that the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen was the top candidate:
Prime Minister to use US trip to lobby for Ben Wallace to become next head of Nato
Rishi Sunak also spent some time on the margins of the G7 meeting in Hiroshima last month lobbying for the Defence Secretary
www.telegraph.co.uk
