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Borrell hopes to strengthen the NATO-EU partnership under the new Secretary General.

Borrell hopes to strengthen the NATO-EU partnership under the new Secretary General.

EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell congratulated the new NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on taking office and expressed hope that the EU and the North Atlantic Alliance will strengthen their partnership in the coming years.

Rutte took office as NATO Secretary General on Tuesday, replacing Jens Stoltenberg.

“Congratulations to Mark Rutte… NATO-EU cooperation is vital to confront the security challenges we face. Together we can further strengthen our partnership,” Borrell wrote on the X network.