(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, JUN 20 - Romania announced Thursday
that President Klaus Iohannis was dropping out of the race for
NATO chief, and Bucharest was backing Dutch Prime Minister Mark
Rutte for the defence alliance's top job. "The President of
Romania informed... NATO allies that he withdrew his candidacy
for the post of secretary general of the organisation," the
Supreme Council of National Defence announced, adding that
Romania now backed Rutte. (ANSA-AFP).
Romania's Iohannis drops NATO chief bid, backs Rutte: govt
For the defence alliance's top job