The International Security Conference in Munich is an annual security conference that takes place in Munich. According to Politico, the current leader, Christoph Heusgen, will step down after 2 years in the chief’s chair. The message has so far not been confirmed from another source. In an email to news, NATO writes that they do not comment on rumours, and that Stoltenberg is fully focused on completing his term as Secretary General of NATO. The International Security Conference in Munich also does not want to comment the matter to news.- Regarding the media coverage of the position as leader, please be aware that the security conference in Munich never publicly comments on decisions about personnel and board matters until we have something to announce. Please stay tuned, writes the security conference on X. The security conference in Munich writes on X that they never publicly comment on decisions about personnel and board matters until they have something to announce. Facsimile: Munich Security Conference / X – Will fit Stoltenberg The Security Conference in Munich started as an informal discussion forum for defense policy, but over the years has acquired a broader security policy agenda. It annually gathers a number of heads of state, politicians, researchers and top managers. Over 450 people attend the conference every year. The first gathering was held a couple of years after the Berlin Wall came up, and a few months after the confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over missiles in Cuba. Now there are over 150 delegates from several countries participating in the Security Conference this weekend. – This is a job where you have access to the world’s most famous politicians and political thinkers who gather every year in Munich, says news’s European correspondent Simen Ekern. This is a job where you have access to the world’s most famous politicians and political thinkers who gather every year in Munich, says news’s European correspondent Simen Ekern. Stepping down as NATO chief in October Stoltenberg has been Secretary General of NATO since 2014 and is in his last month in the top job. His term initially expired on 1 October 2023, but it was extended to 1 October 2024. Before that, his term had been extended three times previously. Mark Rutte takes over as NATO Secretary General on 1 October. Published 12.09.2024, at 16.30 Updated 12.09.2024, at 17.18
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