NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg plans to step down from his post in October as planned, his spokeswoman Oana Lungescu told German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur, dismissing reports of a further extension of his term.
“He has no intention of further expanding his mandate,” he added.
world on sunday informed of Earlier on Sunday reports suggested Stoltenberg’s term could be extended again as NATO seeks to maintain stability amid the war in Ukraine, the latest in a series of speculation the NATO chief could stay.
Stoltenberg’s term has already been extended three times, most recently in March last year just after Russia invaded Ukraine. Stoltenberg, an economist by training, was nominated to become Sweden’s central bank chief at the time.