The US-led military alliance will appoint a new head after Jens Stoltenberg’s term ends in October
The United Kingdom’s defense minister Ben Wallace would be a “very qualified” leader of NATO if he launches a bid to become the US-led military bloc’s secretary general, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday.
Speaking following a summit with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the White House on Thursday, Biden said Wallace – who has expressed an interest in pursuing the NATO leadership role later this year – would be a fitting candidate. However, Biden stopped short of formally endorsing Wallace, saying that a “consensus within NATO” must first be formed.
“[The UK] has a candidate who’s a very qualified individual,” Biden said to reporters in Washington. “We have a lot of discussion between us in NATO, to determine what the outcome of that will be.”
While Biden didn’t mention Wallace by name, his comments appeared to…
