British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace is considered one of the main candidates for the position of NATO Secretary General.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace will not be the new NATO Secretary General. The fact that it is not included in his plans, on Wednesday, June 21, he himself said, writes The Economist.
“That’s not going to happen,” Ben Wallace said when asked by reporters about his professional ambitions.
As the newspaper was writing, the United States opposed Wallace’s candidacy.
“The White House may have preferred Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, but he twice turned down the position of Alliance Secretary General. Also, among recent media favorites is the head of the Danish government, Matte Frederiksen, ” wrote The economist.
As the authors of the article note, the future leader of the Alliance will have to please Macron and Biden.
“Whoever gets this job will have to deal with a lot of unresolved issues in NATO,” Wallace added.
According to him, many countries have no desire to reach the target of spending 2% of GDP on defense.
Recall that the Secretary General of NATO previously said that Ukraine’s accession to NATO will not take place while the war continues, but that the path to future membership is open.
NATO members intend to offer Ukraine an updated format of relations to show support for its application for membership, but there has been no talk of concrete steps for Ukraine’s entry. to the alliance in the near future.
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