The Deputy Secretary General of NATO, the Romanian Mircea Geoană, has stated that there are no indications that the Russian Federation intends to attack a member state of the Alliance, but the concern of the Romanian citizens who live near the Danube border with Ukraine is understandable. ” My message, as a Romanian, is to try to have faith in the fact that the North Atlantic Alliance has all the measures in place to ensure the protection of the entire allied space, including Romania”, Geoană also said. He welcomed the US’s decision to add air policing missions in the Black Sea area. In another development, a joint military exercise is taking place, until Friday, in the Black Sea and the Danube Delta. 227 soldiers, of which 164 Romanians and 63 foreigners, are participating in the multinational exercise Sea Breeze, organized by the United States of America for the first time in Romania. The exercises contribute to increasing stability in the Black Sea region and ensuring freedom of navigation, as a result of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
