TURKISH DIPLOMAT APPOINTED AS NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL
Ankara, July 16 (AZERTAC). A Turkish diplomat was appointed as the new deputy secretary general of NATO, NATO spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said Huseyin Dirioz, a former foreign policy adviser to Turkey`s president, had been designated as the new deputy secretary general of NATO for defense policy and planning. The new deputy secretary general will be the principal adviser to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on political-military policy and planning issues, including logistics, missile defense, terrorism, WMD issues, nuclear policy and defense aspects of cooperation with partners and international organizations.
Huseyn Dirioz will have an important role on the political motivation of the new strategic concept expected to be adopted in a NATO summit to take place in Portugal in November.
Dirioz earlier served as the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, and Turkey`s ambassador to Jordan.
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