Dutch PM Rutte signals interest in NATO top job


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  • Saturday, 28 Oct 2023

FILE PHOTO: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte attends a joint press conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok/File Photo

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Saturday he would be interested in succeeding Jens Stoltenberg as secretary-general of NATO, although he only saw a small chance of being picked for the job.

"Such a role would be interesting as it would offer the chance to contribute for a few years on the international stage in a period of dramatic global changes," Rutte said in an interview with radio station Den Haag FM.

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