Earlier, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban had vetoed his outgoing Dutch counterpart for the military alliance's top job over objections including spending the country's money on supporting Ukraine.
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00:00The Netherlands Mark Rutte has lined up to become NATO's next Secretary General after
00:06Hungary lifted its veto on his candidacy.
00:10In order to secure his position, the outgoing Dutch Prime Minister gave written guarantees
00:16that he would not force Hungary to take part in the military alliance's new plans to provide
00:21support for Ukraine.
00:24NATO's incumbent chief Jens Stoltenberg hailed the progress made on securing his successor.
00:54Mark Rutte is by far the preferred candidate of the majority of NATO allies, including
01:03big members like the United States and Germany.
01:08Earlier this year, Turkey voiced opposition to Rutte's bid, but lifted its objections
01:14in April.
01:16And although Romanian President Klaus Johannes has also put himself forward for the position,
01:21officials and analysts believe he will not pose a major problem to Rutte.