Boris Johnson says interested in becoming Secretary General of NATO

Boris Johnson says interested in becoming Secretary General of NATO

Published February 26,2023


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Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has lately made a declaration of his candidacy for the place of Secretary General inside the North Atlantic Alliance.

In an announcement, Boris Johnson expressed his enthusiasm for the prospect of main NATO, calling it a “great idea” and emphasizing that he’s a candidate for the place.

He additionally expressed his confidence that he might be profitable this time round.

According to experiences, Boris Johnson additionally talked about that former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi had proposed the thought of appointing a consultant from the European Union because the upcoming Secretary General of NATO.

Johnson expressed his disagreement with Mario Draghi’s suggestion, stating that there are different certified candidates for the place of NATO Secretary General outdoors of the European Union.

Johnson additionally expressed his personal candidacy for the function, describing it as an vital and invaluable place.

Furthermore, he highlighted that NATO is at the moment robust and can quickly be joined by Sweden and Finland as new members, and he emphasised that Ukrainian membership in NATO is inevitable, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has invalidated any arguments in opposition to Ukraine’s accession to the alliance.

The present NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, had supposed to resign final yr and tackle a place in his dwelling nation of Norway.

However, attributable to Russia’s aggression in direction of Ukraine, Stoltenberg’s time period was prolonged till September 30, 2023. Currently, many NATO allies want to maintain Stoltenberg as the top of the alliance and have informally agreed to increase his time period till April 2024.

But Stoltenberg himself needs to step down from his function within the fall. According to Euractiv, there is no such thing as a settlement amongst NATO nations relating to who will succeed Stoltenberg as Secretary General.

Source: www.anews.com.tr