STOCKHOLM (AP) — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says it was German Chancellor Angela Merkel who convinced him to accept the alliance’s top job.
In a prerecorded talk show to be aired Friday by Swedish broadcaster SVT, Stoltenberg says Merkel “was the first to talk to me (about it). And I must admit that I have a problem saying no when asked by such nice ladies.”
A former Norwegian prime minister, Stoltenberg replaced Anders Fogh Rasmussen as NATO secretary-general last year.
Stoltenberg told the “Skavlan” talk show that cooperating with Russia is difficult when it won’t respect its neighbors’ borders — a reference to …read more
Source: KXAN
