NATO agrees to extend boss Stoltenberg's term by a year

FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to the media as he visits Ramstein U.S. Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO decided on Tuesday to extend Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s contract by a further year, opting to stick with an experienced leader as war rages on the alliance’s doorstep rather than try to agree on a successor.

Stoltenberg, a former prime minister of Norway, has been the transatlantic security alliance’s leader since 2014 and his tenure had already been extended three previous times.