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Danish PM Frederiksen: I am not a candidate for the job as NATO chief

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks during the Parliament's closing debate before the summer holidays, at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday May 31, 2023. Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Wednesday she is not candidate to replace Jens Stoltenberg, who is due to step down as NATO secretary general later this year.

"I am not a candidate for the job," she told reporters in Copenhagen.

Speculation about Frederiksen as a serious contender has intensified, after her name first surfaced publicly in a report by Norwegian newspaper VG last month.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks next to an F-16 fighter jet during a visit at Fighter Wing Skrydstrup near Vojens, Denmark May 25, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/Bo Amstrup via REUTERS

(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen; Editing by Jon Boyle)

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