Minister Oana Țoiu assures that NATO and the US will send new troops to Romania in the coming months. What does he say about the attacks launched by Grindeanu

Foreign Minister Oana Țoiu announced that NATO allies, other than the United States, will send new troops and equipment to Romania in the coming months.

Oana Țoiu/PHOTO: Mediafax

Ţoiu explains to one2one that the American and Romanian authorities agreed to jointly announce the partial withdrawal of the US military presence in Romania, but the publication of the information by a website from Ukraine diverted the agreed plan, writes News.ro.

“The reality is that no country can communicate decisions on behalf of another country. Besides, in our bilateral history (Romanian – American, ed.) the strategic partnership was built on trust and we want to continue it that way, which means that we will not be able to communicate their decisions instead of the United States of America”says the head of Romanian diplomacy.

In the interview given to Europe Libere, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oana Ţoiu, says that the decision of the Donald Trump Administration not to continue the rotational deployment of almost a thousand soldiers in Romania will not make the strategic partnership between Romania and the United States vulnerable.

“We are discussing together with the United States of America, but also in a NATO ally format, the ways in which we further increase the defensive capacity, as well as deterrence. Our main focus now is also in the area of ​​air defense. (…) By the end of the year and next year, we will see a strengthened NATO presence in Romania and especially a strengthened NATO presence in terms of the ability to intervene in the event that Romania is under direct risk”. declared the minister, without giving further details.

The head of Romanian diplomacy maintains that the relationship between the two countries is one of trust, which is still developing.

“What is very clear at this moment and reconfirmed by American officials in each of the formats that we have had, either bilateral conversations or the NATO format, is that this partnership is in a moment of trust, it is not weakened, it is not vulnerable, it is a partnership of mutual trust, with common goals for the future”says Toiu.

On the other hand, Oana Ţoiu criticizes PSD's reaction after the United States' announcement and especially the accusations brought to Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan by the interim president of the Social Democrats, Sorin Grindeanu, who declared that “it is unacceptable” for the Romanian population to learn about the Trump Administration's decision to reduce the number of soldiers from the foreign press and accused Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan of not giving explanations.

“Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan is a prime minister who has the trust of our partners and I think it is risky and irresponsible that certain politicians are trying to attack the prime minister by using the names of other countries and making the partnership we have vulnerable in the public discourse”says Oana Ţoiu.