Oslo: Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that he has returned to his hometown of Norwegian government as finance minister.
Stoltenberg has been leading NATO since 2014 and handed over to current Secretary-General Marclatte at the beginning of October. Before leading NATO, Stoltenberg was Norway’s prime minister.
His term at NATO has been repeatedly extended to maintain the helm after Russia launched a full-scale Ukraine invasion in 2022, blocking Stoltenberg’s plans to take over as head of Norway’s central bank. did.
He returned to the government last week after Norway supported a coalition with its junior partner, Centre Party, in a dispute over European Union energy market regulation.
As a result, current Prime Minister Jonas Gar Sto is the leader of the Center Left Labour Party in Stortenberg, and the resigned finance minister Trig, who is the leader of the Center Party, to fill in several Cabinet officials. Filled that in Slagsbold Vedham.
Stoltenberg and the Gahr Store appeared together at an event held in Oslo on Tuesday. There, the Prime Minister was introducing his new team, but the Gahr Store did not explicitly mention Stottenberg’s new job.
However, in a statement released by the Munich Security Conference in Germany, which was to be taken over by Stoltenberg, Stortenberg said, “I strongly believe that I was asked to help my country at this important stage. I am honored.”
“I have carefully considered the current challenges we face, so I have decided to accept the request for service as finance minister in the Prime Minister,” he said. “I will return to my security conference in Munich and other responsibilities when my tenure is over. I am grateful for the decision to temporarily release my duties while I serve my country again. I am grateful for the decision to temporarily release myself from my duties while I am serving my country again. .”
