France’s new leadership in the NATO battle group deployed in Romania has this partnership in recent months. [Images from Shutterstock/VanderWolf]
A squadron of Rafale fighters will be sent to carry out aerial surveillance missions in Romanian airspace, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said at an assembly with Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca.
The two officials discussed concrete elements of the Romanian-French strategic partnership, adding elements of deterrence and defense to NATO’s timeline and the lack of security in the Black Sea region, according to a Romanian government press release.
France’s new leadership in the NATO battle group deployed in Romania has this partnership in recent months.
Ciuca thanked the French side for the quick and timely resolution to move the army’s functions to Romania, adding a corps of army workers and combat apparatus such as armored infantry vehicles, tanks and the AMBA anti-aircraft system.
(Bogdan Neagu | EURACTIV. ro)