Blinken: U.S. not promoting any particular candidate for NATO chief

The United States is not promoting a particular candidate to lead NATO, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday when asked about the leadership of the transatlantic military alliance.

"We're not pushing, promoting any particular candidate. We're in very close consultation with our allies and partners to determine where we want to go with NATO and its leadership," Blinken told reporters in a press conference alongside British foreign minister James Cleverly in London.

British defence minister Ben Wallace has said that he would like to be NATO's next secretary-general.