Turkey will support Mark Rutte as next NATO leader: Report
by NL Times
NL Times— Turkey will likely announce support for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s bid to take over as the next NATO secretary-general. Rutte is expected to visit Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, although the trip is not on Rutte’s public agenda.Erdogan is expected to make the decision over the course of the meeting or soon after, sources close to the Turkish leader told Bloomberg. It could be announced within a few weeks, the news agency reported.
DutchNews.nl—Turkey backs Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte for Nato top job. Turkey is backing outgoing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte as new Nato chief, Dutch media reported on Monday, citing both Turkish and Nato sources. Rutte was in Turkey on Friday to meet prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and said the talks had been “extremely positive”. Hungary, Slovakia and Romania have not yet made their preferences clear and Rutte will need the support of all 32 Nato members to get the top job. Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has put himself forward
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Japan Today—Turkey says it backs outgoing Dutch prime minister Rutte's candidacy for NATO chief. Turkey has told its NATO allies that Ankara will back the Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s candidacy for the military alliance’s secretary general position, a senior Turkish official said Monday. The official said Turkey notified NATO allies' diplomats in Brussels on Monday. The decision comes three days after Rutte