NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. File photoBRUSSELS, May 17. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will not take part in the meeting of EU defense ministers on Tuesday in Brussels, his deputy Mircea Geoana will attend the meeting instead, follows from the changes made to the program of his No reason given.
Sweden signs NATO membership applicationOn May 10, it became known that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had tested positive for coronavirus and will work from home. However, it was planned that he would take part in the EU meeting on Tuesday after the end of the quarantine. «On Tuesday, May 17, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana will take part in the meeting of the EU Council,» the document says. Previously, Stoltenberg had already missed an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers last weekend in Berlin. In doing so, he addressed the participants via video link and also remotely participated in the press conference. can be overcome
