Former Dutch Prime Minister Rutte officially takes over as NATO head

PHOTO CAPTION: Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council, on the day he succeeds Jens Stoltenberg as NATO Secretary General, at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday officially took over as the boss of NATO after the outgoing head of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg passed a ceremonial gavel to him to mark the occasion.

(Reporting by Bart Meijer and Andrew Gray; Writing by Michal Aleksandrowicz; Editing by Makini Brice)

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