BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 1: Newly appointed secretary general of NATO Mark Rutte speaks during the handover ceremony where Rutte takes over his title from Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on October 1, 2024. In June, NATO announced that Rutte, 47, was formally confirmed as chief of the military alliance, replacing Jens Stoltenberg whose tenure was extended due to the Ukraine war. NATO allies agreed in July 2023 to extend 65-year-old Stoltenberg's mandate for another year until Oct. 1, 2024. He had been serving as the 13th secretary general of NATO since 2014. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 1: Newly appointed secretary general of NATO Mark Rutte and Jens Stoltenberg attend the handover ceremony where Rutte takes over his title from Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on October 1, 2024. In June, NATO announced that Rutte, 47, was formally confirmed as chief of the military alliance, replacing Jens Stoltenberg whose tenure was extended due to the Ukraine war. NATO allies agreed in July 2023 to extend 65-year-old Stoltenberg's mandate for another year until Oct. 1, 2024. He had been serving as the 13th secretary general of NATO since 2014. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 1: Newly appointed secretary general of NATO Mark Rutte and Jens Stoltenberg attend the handover ceremony where Rutte takes over his title from Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on October 1, 2024. In June, NATO announced that Rutte, 47, was formally confirmed as chief of the military alliance, replacing Jens Stoltenberg whose tenure was extended due to the Ukraine war. NATO allies agreed in July 2023 to extend 65-year-old Stoltenberg's mandate for another year until Oct. 1, 2024. He had been serving as the 13th secretary general of NATO since 2014. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 1: Newly appointed secretary general of NATO Mark Rutte speaks during the handover ceremony where Rutte takes over his title from Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on October 1, 2024. In June, NATO announced that Rutte, 47, was formally confirmed as chief of the military alliance, replacing Jens Stoltenberg whose tenure was extended due to the Ukraine war. NATO allies agreed in July 2023 to extend 65-year-old Stoltenberg's mandate for another year until Oct. 1, 2024. He had been serving as the 13th secretary general of NATO since 2014. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 1: Newly appointed secretary general of NATO Mark Rutte and Jens Stoltenberg attend the handover ceremony where Rutte takes over his title from Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on October 1, 2024. In June, NATO announced that Rutte, 47, was formally confirmed as chief of the military alliance, replacing Jens Stoltenberg whose tenure was extended due to the Ukraine war. NATO allies agreed in July 2023 to extend 65-year-old Stoltenberg's mandate for another year until Oct. 1, 2024. He had been serving as the 13th secretary general of NATO since 2014. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 1: Newly appointed secretary general of NATO Mark Rutte and Jens Stoltenberg attend the handover ceremony where Rutte takes over his title from Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on October 1, 2024. In June, NATO announced that Rutte, 47, was formally confirmed as chief of the military alliance, replacing Jens Stoltenberg whose tenure was extended due to the Ukraine war. NATO allies agreed in July 2023 to extend 65-year-old Stoltenberg's mandate for another year until Oct. 1, 2024. He had been serving as the 13th secretary general of NATO since 2014. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 01: A view of the handover ceremony at NATO headquarters for the handover of the post of secretary general of NATO from Jens Stoltenberg to Mark Rutte in Brussels, Belgium on October 01, 2024. In June, NATO announced that Rutte, 47, was formally confirmed as chief of the military alliance, replacing Jens Stoltenberg whose tenure was extended due to the Ukraine war. NATO allies agreed in July 2023 to extend 65-year-old Stoltenberg's mandate for another year until Oct. 1, 2024. He had been serving as the 13th secretary general of NATO since 2014. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )