Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis receives today his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on the occasion of his visit to the 1st Training Battalion ‘Olt’ in Caracal (south), the Presidential Administration has announced. The visit of the President of Portugal takes place in the context of an intense, high-level bilateral dialogue, but also of work, and close coordination within the European Union and NATO. The field of Defense is a key part of bilateral cooperation, with Portugal participating in the multinational NATO force in Romania to strengthen the allied defense on the Eastern Flank with a contingent of land forces stationed in Caracal. Today’s discussions between Klaus Iohannis and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa concern the intensification of Romanian-Portuguese cooperation both in the field of Defense, economic, commercial, digital agenda, renewable energy sources, health and education. The security situation in Ukraine is also addressed, with an emphasis on the intensification of humanitarian assistance to the neighboring country Romania in the context of the coming of winter, as well as on the support in facilitating grain exports.
