Nato appoints Denmark's Rasmussen as next chief

Published Saturday, April 04, 2009

By Reuters

Nato leaders agreed unanimously on Saturday to appoint Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the next head of the alliance after Turkey dropped its objections.

Nato Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told a joint news conference with Rasmussen: "You know that there has been discussion over the past 36 hours, but the fact that we are standing here next to each other means a solution has been found also for the concerns expressed by Turkey, and we all very much agree and are unanimous."

Rasmussen will succeed the Dutch diplomat on August 1.

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