President Klaus Iohannis said, during a B9 Summit, that NATO must strengthen its presence in Eastern Europe
The security situation in the Black Sea is worrying, this is why NATO must continue to strengthen its presence in Eastern Europe, said president Klaus Iohannis during the summit that took place yesterday, as a videoconference and was also joined by the American president, Joe Biden. Nine European leaders discussed about the security situation in the region during the meeting organized by the Romanian president Klaus Iohannis and Polish president Andrej Duda, who was in an official visit in Bucharest.
President Klaus Iohannis pleaded including during talks with president Joe Biden, who intervened during the summit, for an increased allied military presence in Romania and in the South of the Eastern flank and added that the American president made a reference, in his speech, to the importance of a stronger alliance, that is more relevant globally. The chief of state also stressed that Russian destabilizing actions in the region are worrying and contribute to maintaining an intense climate of insecurity.
Klaus Iohannis; We must maintain our vigilance. Therefore, NATO must continue to strengthen its position of discouragement and defense, especially on the Eastern flank, in a unitary and coherent way, from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.
99,460 people vaccinated against COVID in Romania in the last 24 hours
99,460 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Romania, most of them with the Pfizer serum. 2,4 million Romanians have already been completely vaccinated, and 1,2 million people have had their first dose. The COVID-19 pandemic maintains its decreasing trend in Romania, only the capital and Cluj remaining in the yellow zone, with more than 1,5 cases for 1,000 inhabitants. Under that level, cities enter the green zone. The number of new cases and of severely ill patients also continues to fall. In the last 24 hours only 620 new cases were registered, while 962 patients are treated in intensive care units.
The state of alert extended by a month
The state of alert will be extended by a month, starting on Thursday, as decided by the Romanian Government yesterday. New relaxation steps have been taken compared with measures so far, said the secretary of state, Raed Arafat. The restriction concerning the attendance to religious processions and pilgrimages has been lifted but sanitary measures must still be respected. Also, on Thursday people will be allowed to move between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m., to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. Moreover, sports events and pilot events will be organized with an audience formed by people who were either vaccinated or have had COVID-19 in the last three months but also people who show a negative result from a medical laboratory, indicating they are not carriers of the coronavirus.
Alexandra Ioniță, RADOR
