NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg may become the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, which recently approved a new monitoring program for Ukraine, Norwegian television channel TV2 reports..

Stoltenberg has been NATO Secretary General for a very long time - since 2014. After the expiration of the current agreement, he can lead the IMF.

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At the same time, the IMF director is now the representative of Bulgaria, Kristalina Georgieva, whose contract is valid until 2024..

TV channel adds that NATO has no obvious candidate for the post of new Secretary General. Citing sources from the Alliance, TV2 claims that there are several candidates to replace Stoltenberg: it could be Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. At the same time, the decision will depend, among other things, on the results of the elections in these countries.. Elections in Spain will be held in 2023 and in the Netherlands in 2024.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaya Kallas is also being considered.. But the likelihood of her appointment is low due to " Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, can also replace Stoltenberg, but at the moment she does not want to leave her post.

The Norwegian TV channel also noted that the United States will have a decisive influence on who will lead NATO..

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Recall that recently Stoltenberg said that Vladimir Putin is planning a long war with Ukraine.. In addition, NATO plans to strengthen its defense against drones and missiles..