Romania’s president, Klaus Iohannis, on Tuesday said that the presence of Portuguese military with the South-East Multinational Brigade in Caracal alongside other servicemen from North Macedonia and other NATO states plays a key role to strengthening Romania’s defense and security. During a visit paid by his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in Caracal, the Romanian president said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has once again highlighted NATO’s capacity to act firmly, unitarily and coherently to support the Ukrainian people and to strengthen and reinforce allies on the eastern flank. Talks between the two heads of state focused on security developments in Ukraine and providing humanitarian assistance to this country ahead of the cold season, as well as on facilitating grain exports. At bilateral level, the two officials tackled the possibility of boosting Romanian-Portuguese cooperation in the fields of defense, economy, trade, digitization, renewable energy, healthcare and education.
