By Mike Corder | The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics, Mark Rutte got to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, greets Netherland’s Prime Minister Mark Rutte during arrivals for a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11, 2023. NATO on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine.
Rutte will be congratulated by President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts at a summit in Washington on July 9-11, focused on support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, perhaps the alliance’s greatest challenge.“The alliance is and will remain the cornerstone of our collective security. Leading this organization is a responsibility I do not take lightly,” he posted on X. He said that he looks “forward to taking up the position with great vigor in October.
Rutte “is seen as a safe pair of hands to lead NATO in turbulent times, just as Stoltenberg has done for the last decade,” Lungescu, now a Fellow with the defense and security think tank, the Royal United Services Institute, told The Associated Press. While he was Dutch prime minister, Rutte was a strong supporter of Ukraine and its right to defend itself after Russia’s 2022 invasion. Under his leadership, the Netherlands pledged military hardware to Kyiv including Leopard tanks and F-16 fighter jets.Rutte’s political career
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