Monday, September 11, 2023

President Klaus Iohannis announced that the drug consumption among young people will be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the Supreme National Defense Council

President Klaus Iohannis announced that the drug consumption among young people will be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the Supreme National Defense Council. The president considers this phenomenon to be a serious threat at the national safety and mentioned that the implementation of health education programs is vital, to offer students all information and means necessary to make healthy choices.

Klaus Iohannis: This is an issue that concerns our society more and more and I am glad there is a high interest in trying to find solutions to combat this plague. I have decided to include this subject on the agenda of the next meeting of the Supreme National Defense Council. At the same time, I want to stress the importance of preventive and responsible behaviors. It is crucial that young generations understand, from an early age, the dangers and dramatic consequences of drug, alcohol and tabaco consumption.

No other drone fragments have been found besides those discovered before, says the Minister of National Defense

The forces of the Minister of National Defense have searched an area of 80 square kilometers around Ceatalchioi, Plauru and Chilia Veche, in Tulcea and Galaţi district, on the Romanian shore of the river Danube, close to Reni Ukrainian port, but no other drone fragments besides those discovered before have been found. The research has been generated by information from the local authorities in Ciatalchioi, that there are some other fragments to be found. The Minister of Defense, that mentioned that its forces continue to be in alert, firmly condemn the Russian attacks on some objectives of civilian infrastructure in the Ukrainian Danube ports, attacks considered to be war crimes. Following the identification of two drone fragments, at the beginning of last week, of drones in the Plauru area, the representative of the Russian Federation Embassy in Bucharest was urgently called at the Foreign Ministry, where he was confronted with the protest for violating the Romanian air space.

Romania tightens measures for strengthening the monitoring capacity and securing the air space at the borders

Romania tightens measures for strengthening the monitoring capacity and securing the air space at the borders The Minister of Defense does not exclude the possibility that in the area of Chilia branch to install Ghepard air defense systems that the Army owns. At the end of last week, Defense chiefs in Romania and Ukraine discussed about the implications of the drone that fell on Romanian territory and about the Russian attacks on Ukrainian Danube ports. Meanwhile, firefighters walk from door to door to instruct locals in Ceatalchioi and Chilia Veche, given that local people refused to be moved after the drone fragments have been found./aionita