{"id":1405,"date":"2024-08-26T06:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T06:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2024-08-26T06:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T06:04:02","slug":"mircea-geoana-to-step-down-from-nato-role-and-join-presidential-race-in-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=1405","title":{"rendered":"Mircea Geoana to step down from NATO role and join presidential race in Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NATO Deputy Secretary General <strong>Mircea Geoana<\/strong> confirmed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi24.ro\/stiri\/actualitate\/politica\/mircea-geoana-anunta-ca-va-candida-la-presedintie-dupa-ce-va-pleca-de-la-nato-zilele-urmatoare-la-nivel-personal-decizia-e-luata-2906615?mc_cid=0b9c3b08a7&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digi24<\/a> that he is going to end his mandate in his current role &#8220;in the immediate future&#8221; and then register as a candidate for the presidency of Romania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On a personal level, my decision is taken; on a political and institutional level, I have to respect the rules of the game at NATO, and I will make the formal and official announcement when I finish my mandate (at NATO), and this will end during the next one,&#8221; said Mircea Geoana.<\/p>\n<p>Politico recently revealed that Geoana is going to give up the position of deputy general secretary of the Alliance to run for the presidential elections in Romania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their information is correct regarding the approach of the end of my mandate at NATO,&#8221; Geoana told Digi 24.<\/p>\n<p>Mircea Geoana said that Romania is ready &#8220;for an important change&#8221; and that the presidential elections in 2024 are the most important in the last 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/Virgil Simonescu)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana confirmed for Digi24 that he is going to end his mandate in his current role &#8220;in the immediate future&#8221; and then register as a candidate for the presidency of Romania. &#8220;On a personal level, my decision is taken; on a political and institutional level, I have to respect the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}