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As a member of the
\nstrongest political and military alliance in history, Romania benefits from all
\nthe security guarantees, president Klaus Iohannis pointed out at the end of the
\nmeeting of the Supreme Defence Council, which looked at the security situation
\nat the Black Sea and on NATO’s eastern flank and at measures to develop the
\ncountry’s response capacity to new security challenges. <\/p>\n
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The current crisis
\ncreated by Russia is not only about Ukraine, not only about regional security
\nat the Black Sea and not even about European security alone, but rather about
\nthe security of the entire Euro-Atlantic area, Klaus Iohannis said. He emphasised
\nthat the escalation of tensions and Russia’s massive military build-up around
\nUkraine and in the Black Sea region affect security and stability at
\ninternational level, making unity and solidarity within NATO and the EU all the
\nmore important. <\/p>\n
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We have run a comprehensive
\nanalysis of the situation, including the military, economic and energy
\nimplications, as well as implications in terms of uncontrolled migration, the
\npresident explained. He mentioned that Romania’s border with Ukraine is over
\n600 km long and the country must make sure it is prepared for any scenario-including
\nthe situation where Moscow refuses further diplomatic dialogue, which plays a
\ncritical role in defusing the crisis, Klaus Iohannis also said. <\/p>\n
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He reiterated that NATO’s
\nsteps to strengthen its military presence on the eastern flank are a strictly defensive
\nresponse to the growing security risks, threats and challenges in the region: <\/p>\n
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Klaus Iohannis<\/strong>: Consolidating the Allied presence on NATO’s
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The Supreme Defence
Romania’s Supreme Defence Council looked at the security situation at the Black Sea and on NATO’s eastern flank<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":90962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37738],"tags":[36552,30357,29621,29120,30320,13794,19347,29310,30448,40451,28905],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-90961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-today-in-the-news","tag-build-up","tag-council","tag-defence","tag-eu","tag-military","tag-nato","tag-romania","tag-russia","tag-security","tag-situation","tag-ukraine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\neastern flank, including in Romania, is very important to regional stability
\nand to the security of the Alliance as a whole and of the citizens of the
\nAllied states. Regardless of the current developments in the region, NATO must
\nkeep its defence and deterrence capacity at a high level, enabling it to
\nefficiently meet the strictly defensive-and I repeat, strictly defensive-goals for
\nwhich the Alliance was created in the first place. <\/p>\n
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\nCouncil agreed on a number of important measures for the current security
\ncrisis, such as carrying on the efforts to enhance the NATO and US presence in
\nRomania and the management of prospective refugee inflows. (A.M.P.)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"