Nato leaders are leaning towards extending Jens Stoltenberg’s term as secretary-general amid mounting pessimism around the military alliance agreeing a successor ahead of next month’s summit in Lithuania.
Stoltenberg, who met Joe Biden in Washington on Tuesday, has led the alliance since October 2014. While he has publicly stated that he has “no intention of seeking” to extend his mandate, the former Norwegian prime minister has not unequivocally ruled out continuing.
“In the interests of continuity, it makes sense,” said one senior western diplomat who has discussed the possibility of an extension with him. “He would do it. He is a man of duty.”
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