earlier , mark ruta, the outgoing prime minister of the netherlands, announced that he plans to go onfor three months, and then he will start work as nato secretary general. it will happen the first of october. let me remind you that mark ruta is 57 years old, he headed the government of the netherlands from... october 2010, setting such a peculiar record until the 23rd year he was the leader of the right-liberal people's party for freedom and democracy, but in 2023 his party lost the elections and mark ruete himself announced that he was resigning. he resigned as prime minister, but became the secretary general of nato. oh, and by the way, one more piece of news about positions from... tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, as i said, will happen, well, although i i will say this a little later, the summit of the european union will take place, and the appointments to key positions will be discussed at it, and ursula von derlein, let me remind you, remains the president of the european commission, antonio costa, the ex -prime minister of portugal, will become the president of the europ

will become the secretary general of nato in the near future, the prime minister of the netherlands mark ruta for, we will thank jens stoltenberg for his rather consistent position regarding the russian-ukrainian war, and one of his last theses that nato countries should have counted at all, conducted some revision and understand and have deployed their nuclear. potentials and resources, because the russian federation is on the side, in fact, it deserves individual applause, it seems to me, because it is honest, it is honest and in accordance with the realities. mark ryuta, what are the expectations from the future secretary of nato, just for understanding? well, this is a good choice, unequivocally, because this country has shown that it supports ukraine both financially and materially, of course. that they remember very well who destroyed almost 300 passengers of mh-17, they understand how much the russian federation is a threat, especially if it reaches the small ones in ukraine, but i would say that the best option would certainly be kaya kalas, and it would be a very good move by nato to

the new, not yet appointment, but the agreement of the acting prime minister of the netherlands mark ruta on the post of nato secretary general. mr. volodymyr, i will tell you honestly, i read a lot about mark ryuta after i reconciled him. for this position, and from what i read, this is what immediately caught my eye, it is called a teflon brand, that is , something does not stick to it, it is in any situations he tries to find, and he can find consensus, he proved this during his tenure as prime minister, that is, when he created coalitions with groups that sometimes seemed impossible to unite, how do you think this teflon of mark rutte , will it play in our favor or? nevertheless, at some point he can say that let's sit down at the negotiating table, well, let's do it, here it is necessary to immediately understand and record that the position of nato secretary general is not the nato leader, it is not the head of the organization, this is the secretary, his work and function is to coordinate the interests of all participants of this alliance of the organization, and accordingly work w

the prime minister of the netherlands, mark ruta, secured the unanimous support of the member countriesthe alliance's next secretary-general after the announcement of the president of romania about withdrawing his candidacy. at present , all 32 nato member countries support ryuto's candidacy. what mark ryut's appointment could mean for ukraine, as well as how the future nato agency will have to address the rapprochement between russia and north korea, as well as other challenges. this was followed by our european correspondent bohdan syupan. bohdana, congratulations. bohdan, how convincing is the information now that mark rutte will be the future secretary general of nato, and how was it actually possible to convince hungarian prime minister viktor orbán, who was previously called the main obstacle to the appointment of mark rutte. oleksiy, first to your first question, is this information accurate? we know for sure that mark ryuta has not yet been approved for the position of secretary general of nato, it may be from happen in the near future in two ways: either nato ambassadors will d

one of the big stories there tonight, nato's ambassadors appoint outgoing dutch prime minister mark rutall be congratulated by president biden and nato counterparts at a summit here in washington, d.c. next month. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ you got to be free ♪ come together ♪ right now ♪ over me ♪ [car door shuts] [paparazzi cameras] introducing, ned's plaque psoriasis. ned, ned, who are you wearing? he thinks his flaky red patches are all people see. otezla is the #1 prescribed pill to treat plaque psoriasis. ned? otezla can help you get clearer skin, and reduce itching and flaking. with no routine blood tests required. doctors have been prescribing otezla for over a decade. otezla is also approved to treat psoriatic arthritis. don't use otezla if you're allergic to it. serious allergic reactions can happen. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. some people taking otezla had depression, suicidal thoughts, or weight loss. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. audience: ohhh... with clearer skin,

ruta, will withdraw his candidacy in the near future, and jen stoltenberg even confirmed at a press conference that the alliance is close to agreement candidates for the new general secretary and called markidate. but russia wants to suspend its membership in the osce parliamentary assembly and stop, suspend payments to the coffers of this body. according to the information published today by the russian media of mass disinformation, the head of the federation council, which is the upper house of the russian parliament, valentina matviyenko , said that such a decision is being prepared together with the state duma, which is the lower house. according to her , the osce butsim is now hostile towards russia and is under unilateral influence of ukraine. at the same time, she added that this is already crossing the line, and russia does not want it.