The US is bringing troops from Europe. “NATO has consolidated its presence and activities on the eastern flank”

The United States has informed Romania and other NATO countries that it has decided to reduce the number of American troops in Eastern Europe, the Ministry of Defense announced in Bucharest on Wednesday. About 1,000 will remain in Romania. US soldiers – added.

The reduction is to include, among others: American soldiers from the Mihail Kogalniceanu air base near Constanta on the Black Sea, the ministry announced.

He said that “the change in the size of the US armed forces is the result of the new priorities of the presidential administration announced in February”, and “the decision also takes into account the fact that NATO has consolidated its presence and activities on the eastern flank, which allows the United States to adjust its military posture in the region” – informed the Digi 24 portal. (PAP)

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