Romania is
\nalready hosting US military bases and some elements of the anti-missile shield
\nbut the US military presence on its territory might increase, if the country wishes
\nso. It is the assessment of the Deputy Secretary General of NATO, the Romanian
\nMircea Geoana, motivated by the fact that Russia continues to substantially strengthen
\nits military capabilities in the Black Sea area. Romania, Mr. Geoana has
\nstated, has a very complex geographical position and therefore it has arguments
\nin favour of demanding a greater Allied or American presence in the area. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Mircea Geoana: I
\nthink we need to come up with a set of arguments, which are quite obvious. On the
\none hand, we are witnessing an aggressive presence and the presence of an offensive
\nmilitary reinforcement, which the Russian Federation has in the Black Sea and from
\nthe Black Sea; and on the other, here, the base in Kogalniceanu is ideally
\nplaced geographically and strategically for these expeditionary elements. I am
\nconvinced that our leaders, our military, our diplomats know very well these
\narguments and are convinced that now, or in the coming period, they will use
\ntheir influence and sophistication to advance our interests as a country.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
A former
\nambassador to Washington and foreign minister in the early 2000s, when Romania
\njoined NATO, Mircea Geoana has given a diagnosis identical to that of the
\nRomanian diplomacy. On June 12th, which is the day of the Russian
\nFederation, the Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu ordered that the
\nRussian ambassador to Bucharest, Valery Kuzmin, be summoned to the ministry’s
\nheadquarters, where he was informed that mentioning Moscow as a security threat
\nin Romania’s new National Defense Strategy should not come up as a surprise. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
This is the
\neffect of the ‘known behavior’ of the Russian side in the region, ‘behaviour
\nassessed as destabilizing, including in the common stands adopted at the level of
\nNATO and the European Union.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
On the
\nother hand, Mircea Geoana has stated that, although President Donald Trump has
\nrecently decided to reduce the number of American soldiers in Germany, it does
\nnot mean that the US’s presence in Europe will decrease, but only that it will be
\nadapted to new strategic realities. As for China, the NATO Deputy Secretary General
\nhas explained that the Alliance is considering Beijing’s obvious rise. He has
\nmentioned the risk of distorting competition at global level, when a state buys
\nideas, skilled people and companies, which are current practices for China. The
\nCovid-19 pandemic has not eliminated, but amplified the already existing security
\nrisks, and lowering the guard at such a time would be a serious mistake, the
\nNATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana has also stated. <\/p>\n
\n
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