After the announcement regarding the reduction of American troops, France gives assurances: The defense of the European eastern flank is and will remain “robust”
French soldiers at Cincu, Photo: Frederic Petry / AFP / Profimedia Images
The defense of Europe's eastern flank will remain “robust”, despite the announced reduction in the number of American soldiers stationed in Romania, a member of the entourage of the French Minister of Defense, Catherine Vautrin, told AFP.
“We are working closely with the United States and NATO's Eastern Flank countries to ensure that the collective defense is solid and robust. And it is and will remain so,” this source told the France Presse news agency.
AFP points out that France is NATO's framework nation in Romania, where it commands the Alliance's multinational battalion in this country neighboring Ukraine, which is at war with Russia.
Romania and allied NATO countries have been informed that the United States has decided to “resize” American troops in Europe.
Thus, the US decision to resize the troops in Romania assumes that a battalion of American soldiers stationed in our country by rotation will no longer be deployed, and the number of American military soldiers in the country will decrease.
From approximately 1,700-2,000 US soldiers who were in Romania until now, almost 1,000 will remain, of which about 200 at the Deveselu base, almost 100 at the Câmpia Turzii air base and the rest at Mihail Kogălniceanu.
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