Romania calls for permanent NATO Black Sea forces

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated yesterday, before the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence, that “today and tomorrow, we will make decisions to strengthen our defence and deterrence. And I expect the Defence Ministers to agree to enhance our forward presence in the eastern part of our Alliance. This will send a clear signal. NATO will respond as one to any aggression against any Ally. We have already significantly enhanced our presence and readiness of our forces.”

According to him, “NATO has already increased our presence in the Black Sea and we are following closely the developments in the Black Sea. We have increased our naval presence, we also have AWACS surveillance planes surveilling and being present in Romania, Bulgaria, and close to the Black Sea also in Turkey.

We are constantly assessing the developments in the Black Sea including the implications for NATO and then we are adapting and that’s exactly what we are doing when we are increasing our forward presence and also increasing our ability to reinforce and our efforts when it comes to surveillance, reconnaissance and intelligence in that region.

We also work closely with Georgia, a close partner. The cooperation with Georgia, especially when it comes to the implementation of the substantial package is part of a very close partnership between Georgia and NATO. And of course that’s also relevant for the challenges that we see in the Black Sea.”

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