Prelude to the Best Sommelier of Canada Contest | SaltWireAMSTERDAM - Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Saturday he would be interested in succeeding Jens Stoltenberg as secretary-general of NATO, although he only saw a small chance of being picked for the job.
"But there is a very big chance, given the political support for it, that this job will go to a European woman, which would also be very good." Before the alliance decided to stick with Stoltenberg, diplomats said Rutte would have been a strong candidate to succeed him, but the Dutchman had insisted he was not available at that time.