Live Video Nicușor Dan, asked what he spoke to Donald Trump: “Only Politeness issues”

President Nicușor Dan now holds the press conference in which he will present the conclusions of the NATO summit in The Hague, the first such meeting attending the mandate. He will take questions from journalists.

Hotnews transmits LiveText the main statements of the president.

• The 5% target for defense expenses was agreed. This money must be transformed into military capabilities
• The support for Ukraine was reaffirmed.
• I thanked the Allies who are present in operations in Romania and I reaffirmed that the Black Sea region is important.
• We reaffirmed our commitment to invest in facilities to host NATO military in Romania.
• Ukraine is related to the security of the entire eastern flank of NATO.
• I drew attention to the importance of the Moldovan parliamentary elections that will take place in September.
• It was discussed about the connection between these globe crises, the fact that Iran has provided different types of armament to Russia, the fact that the intervention of the last weeks of Iran's capabilities is a form of discouragement and including a sign for the Ukraine war.
• It was also discussed a little about the hybrid war and the collaboration of the Allies on this subject.

Question: Will we get the hub or will Bulgaria get it?

• I don't think the most important thing is where it will be hub. We are glad that at the initiative of Romania the Commission proposed this strategic, that the American Congress approved two years ago the strategy for the Black Sea. For the Black Sea, the security issue is important, including for the gas exploitation issue, economic collaboration is important. A component of environmental sustainability was added to the European strategy.

Question: What is the interest of the US and the UK in the Black Sea?

• The priority for us is the port of Constanta in the perspective of Ukraine's reconstruction. Why is there interest? Because there is threat on the eastern flank where the Black Sea has an important security component?

What did you say with Donald Trump?

• Just matters of politeness. Mr. Rubio was more-he watched the elections in Romania and how they were over.

President Nicușor Dan participated in the first NATO summit in his term of president. In the margin of the summit, he had a bilateral meeting with the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer about the collaboration in Romania and the United Kingdom in the fields of security and defense.

He also had “Pull ASIDE” discussions, a diplomatic name that shows that two leaders withdraw aside to discuss, with a number of NATO leaders, such as the Chancellor of Germany, the premiers of Sweden, Greece, Canada and New Zealand, or Presidents in Finland, Croatia and Montenegro.