Former NATO chief to chair Munich Security Conference from February

NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg during an interview with Reuters in Brussels

BERLIN (Reuters) - Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will take over from German diplomat Christoph Heusgen as chair of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Feb. 2025, the MSC said in a statement on Tuesday.

Stoltenberg will take on his new role after the conference's 61st edition takes place in southern Germany on February 14-16, it added.

(Reporting by Friederike Heine; Editing by Madeline Chambers)