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President Iohannis at NATO summit in Warsaw: Romania advocating increased attention to Black Sea region
President Klaus Iohannis will be attending a NATO summit meeting in Warsaw Friday and Saturday, while on Sunday he is scheduled to meet his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda.
On Friday, Iohannis will take part in the first working session of the North-Atlantic Council, watch an air demo and a working dinner extended at the Polish Presidential Palace in Warsaw to the heads of the attending delegations.
On Saturday, the Romanian President will be attending a meeting on Afghanistan of the participating states in the Resolute Support mission, a NAC meeting and a NATO Commission — Ukraine/NAC meeting at presidential level. He is also scheduled to give a press statement on Saturday.
"The summit's agenda is steered mainly toward adopting measures to consolidate the NATO defence and deterrence posture amidst a multiplication of security challenges, as well as projecting stability on the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of NATO," the Romanian Presidential Administration reported in a press statement on Thursday.
In terms of consolidating the defence and deterrence posture, President Iohannis is expected to underscore the importance of the commitments taken at the previous summit meeting in Wales being fully met, as well as the need for NATO to continue its adaptation, including by providing a balanced and proportional advanced presence over the entire eastern flank.
At the same time, Romania will be advocating increased attention being attached to the Black Sea region, as well as to the NATO regional efforts to ensure stability and security being supported.
"Romania is supporting the adoption of a NATO-EU joint declaration that will contribute toward the structuring of the strategic partnership between the two organisations, while also supporting the NATO efforts to consolidate the defence capabilities of the NATO partners. To this end, the summit will place special emphasis on NATO deepening cooperation with its eastern partners, especially Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova," reads the presidential statement.
Iohannis will also advocate the continuation of the open doors policy and hail Montenegro being invited to join as the 29th NATO member state.
At the NATO summit meeting in Warsaw, Romania's commitment to strengthen security in the Euro-Atlantic space will be reconfirmed as well as its commitment to contribute toward stabilisation in Afghanistan and the efforts to combat ISIL/Daesh.
On Sunday, Iohannis is scheduled to meet his Polish counterpart. "Talks with Poland's President Andrzej Duda will focus on the adoption of measures at the highest level to deepen and enlarge the strategic partnership between Romania and Poland as well as the most efficient ways to continue the regional initiatives started by the two countries," the statement says.
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Minister of National Defence Mihnea Motoc will be part of Romania's delegation to the NATO summit in Warsaw, where he will participate in a series of events during which discussions will be held on the ways to implement the Alliance decisions relating to the consolidation of collective defence and the international efforts for crisis management, a release of the National Defence Ministry (MapN) shows.
According to the quoted source, Mihnea Motoc will be part of the Romanian delegation to the NATO summit in Warsaw on July 8 and 9 that is led by President Klaus Iohannis.
"Minister Motoc will take part on Friday, July 8, in a working dinner of Allied defence ministers, during which discussions will be held on the ways of implementing NATO decisions regarding the consolidation of collective defence and discouragement, with emphasis being placed on achieving allied presence on the entire eastern flank of NATO, as well as on the framework for cooperation in the southern vicinity of the Alliance and continuing support for NATO partners," the release mentions.
Saturday, July 9, the meeting of the Allied defence ministers with partners in the Interoperability Platform will take place. "Discussions will touch on the NATO contribution to the international efforts for crisis management and stability projection in the eastern and southern vicinities, in the spirit of comprehensive approach," the quouted source mentions.
According to the MApN, on the summit's sidelines, Mihnea Motoc will have a series of bilateral meetings with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, his German counterpart, Ursula von der Leyen, and with Minister of Defence of the Republic of Moldova, Anatol Salaru.
The delegation led by President Iohannis will also see the presence of the head of the Romanian Army General Staff, General Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, the quoted release also shows.