Financial Times: Šimonytė among candidates for NATO secretary general

The influential business daily Financial Times has named Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė a candidate to replace NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

“Officials in Vilnius argue that it is time both for somebody from NATO’s eastern flank with Russia and a woman to become secretary-general to succeed Jens Stoltenberg, whose term was extended by one year in March to end in September 2023,” the article by Financial Times reads.