Following their meeting in Vilnius, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda confirmed Lithuania’s support for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s candidacy to become NATO secretary general https://t.co/XbjWb3riLD
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Following their meeting in Vilnius, Nausėda confirmed Lithuania’s support for Rutte’s candidacy to become NATO secretary general.
“We are doing this for many reasons. I’ve known Mark for many years, he was one of those politicians who recognised the Russian threat quite early [...] and is particularly sensitive and understanding of the threats to NATO’s eastern flank,” the president told a press conference.
Nausėda said that during the meeting, he heard Rutte’s concerns about NATO’s eastern flank and they discussed concrete measures to improve its defence.
