The partnership between the European Union and NATO is essential, being strengthened over the past years and the consolidation of European defence and, at the same time, the EU-NATO cooperation represent a reason of pride, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini stated on Wednesday evening,…
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday evening in Bucharest that it is important that the European Union’s defense efforts do not compete with those of the North Atlantic Alliance but are complementary. We are pleased with the European Union’s efforts on defense and we have said this many…
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President Klaus Iohannis said Thursday that Romania is committed to spending 2 percent of GDP on defence and is ready to carry out the army’s endowment programs, but said that, not having enough the exercise of wide-scale strategic endowment programs, things move somewhat slower. “In CSAT [the Supreme Council for…
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Teodor Melescanu, on Saturday, January 26, sent a message on the occasion of the 25th anniversary since Romania signed the Partnership for Peace (PfP), an event that he called “one of the defining episodes of my diplomatic and political career”, while also reminding Romania was the…
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Minister of National Defense Gabriel Les emphasized, during a meeting in Brussels this Wednesday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the need to strengthen NATO’s posture at the Black Sea by establishing a strong allied land presence in Romania, tasked with deterring and defending the allied territory, a strengthened naval…
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Romania’s contributions to NATO make the Alliance stronger and safer, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated on Wednesday at the end of the meeting with Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila in Brussels. “Romania being such a staunch and highly valued ally. This year is the fifteenth anniversary of Romania joining…
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Strengthening Romania’s profile as a regional pillar of security and stability inside NATO and the European Union is a steady goal of the Ministry of National Defense (MApN), Minister in charge Gabriel Les said at the 2018 stocktaking meeting of the Navy General Staff. “One of the major goals of…
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By allocating two percent of the GDP to Defence in 2017 and 2018, we are on the right track, Defence Minister Gabriel Les stated on Monday at last year’s activity stocktaking of the Land Forces Staff. He gave assurances that the allocation of 2 percent of the GDP for the…
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed his attendance to the informal meeting of defence ministers of the EU member states, which is schedule to take place in Bucharest on 30 and 31 January, National Defence Gabriel Les told Agerpres on Thursday. According to him, the meeting that will be carried…
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The development of NATO-EU cooperation in fields such as cyber defence, hybrid war, strategic communication and military mobility will be a priority direction of action for the Ministry of National Defence (MApN) in the next six months, a period during which Romania is holding the rotating presidency at the Council…
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