The event “Romania and NATO’s defensive ballistic missile system – a strategic transatlantic contribution to Euro-Atlantic security” was a “particularly important” moment, marking five years since the Deveselu anti-missile facility became operational, system that represents a Romanian-American contribution to the collective defense within NATO, the Minister of Foreign Affairs declared on Wednesday, Bogdan Aurescu.
“It was a very important moment, marking five years since the anti-missile facility in Deveselu became operational. Exactly on May 12, 2016, the full operational capacity of this anti-missile facility was declared. This year is also fulfilled. ten years since the Agreement was signed and entered into force, respectively, in the Anti-Missile System of the United States in Romania.It is a project that we have taken care of from the very beginning until the moment when it was finalized. , I was the chief negotiator of this agreement for Romania and we discussed today about the significance of this project “, Aurescu specified at the end of the event organized by the Defense Commission of the Senate.
The head of the Romanian diplomacy added that the anti-missile system from Deveselu represents a Romanian-American contribution to the collective defense within NATO, writes Agerpres.ro.
“I reminded that it represents, on the one hand, a common Romanian-American contribution to the collective defense within NATO. This system from Deveselu is currently integrated in the NATO anti-missile system that is being developed further, so it is a project “At the same time, it represents an extremely important dimension in the security and military cooperation, between Romania and the United States, within the Strategic Partnership for the 21st Century between Romania and the USA”, said the Minister .
Aurescu also referred to the B9 Summit hosted by the president Klaus Iohannis and to the discussions he had with Joe Biden, President of the United States.
“At the B9 summit, hosted by President Iohannis on Monday in Bucharest, President Biden attended the summit, and in the discussion between the two leaders, President Iohannis recalled this anniversary – it is ten years since this project – to which President Biden, as Vice-President at the time, made an important contribution between 2009 and 2014. President Biden, then Vice-President, is the one who proposed Romania in October 2009, the entry into this project, which subsequently materialized in February 2010, then followed a negotiation process, which lasted until 2011, when this agreement was finalized, which Romania signed and then ratified, “said Aurescu .
The event, organized by the Senate Committee on Defense, Public Order and National Security, in partnership with the MFA and the Ministry of National Defense, was dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the certification of the operational capacity of the Aegis Ashore missile defense system and the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Agreement. between Romania and the USA regarding the location of the ballistic missile defense system.
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