(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, JUL 19 - Italy has sent a letter to NATO
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressing surprise and
disappointment at the decision to appoint a Spaniard, Javier
Colomina, to the role of the Alliance's special representative
for relations with the countries on the southern shore of the
Mediterranean, sources said Friday.
The Italian government lobbed for the creation of an envoy for
the alliance's southern flank at this month's NATO summit in
Washington, arguing the position should go to an Italian.
The sources stressed that Colomina's appointment is on an
interim basis and has not been made official and so a different
figure could take up the role permanently when Stoltenberg's
successor Mark Rutte, takes over as NATO secretary general on
October 1. (ANSA).
Italy complains about Spaniard being NATO Med envoy
Sources says Colomina's appointment not definitive