Poland does not support Rutte's candidacy for the post of NATO Secretary General. “We love Mark Rutte, but at the same time we believe that our region is not sufficiently represented both in NATO and in the European Union,” says Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski.

Sources from the NOS broadcasting corporation previously noted that 28 out of 32 NATO countries already support the candidacy of Rutte. Among the countries that have not yet supported Rutte’s candidacy, the company named Hungary, Romania, Turkey and Slovakia.