Iulian Fota, Secretary of State for Strategic Affairs with the Romanian Foreign Ministry, has talked to US Senator Robert Portman about the US’s decision to increase its military presence on Romanian territory. He expressed Romania’s commitment, alongside other European partners, to consolidate the resilience of the Republic of Moldova by means of concrete measures and countering the effects of the Russian aggression in Ukraine. Talks with Senator Portman also focused on the security developments in the region, generated by the Russian Federation’s illegal military operations in Ukraine and its consequences on European and Euro-Atlantic security. The two officials also tackled the priorities of the NATO Summit of June 2022 in Madrid, with a focus on adopting decisions that should reassert NATO’s main role, namely ensuring collecting defense and consolidating trans-Atlantic ties, the Romanian MFA also writes.
RRI, 29 mai 2022
