The NATO chief had planned to become head of Norway’s central bank. But these plans are now apparently lapsed.
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Brussels The Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg is to remain Secretary General of NATO for the time being because of the Russian war against Ukraine. US President Joe Biden, among others, spoke out in favor of this at the summit meeting in Brussels on Thursday, as several diplomats from the German Press Agency confirmed.
Stoltenberg’s current term at NATO would actually have expired on September 30th. After that, the former Norwegian head of government wanted to go back to his homeland and become head of the central bank there.
The 63-year-old applied for this post at the end of last year. At the beginning of February he was then officially awarded the contract. According to information from the German Press Agency, the NATO treaty is now to be extended by one year.
It was initially unclear whether Stoltenberg was asked by heads of state and government to consider extending the contract in view of the Ukraine war or whether he tried to do so himself in view of the situation. Rumors about whereabouts had recently increased again.
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