{"id":1245166,"date":"2025-11-01T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1245166"},"modified":"2025-11-01T13:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T11:20:34","slug":"romanian-fm-nato-to-strengthen-presence-in-romania-after-u-s-troop-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/romanian-fm-nato-to-strengthen-presence-in-romania-after-u-s-troop-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian FM: NATO to Strengthen Presence in Romania After U.S. Troop Reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the <strong>U.S. announcement to reduce its military presence in Romania<\/strong>, other <strong>NATO members will deploy their forces<\/strong> to the country to fill the gap, Romanian Foreign Minister <strong>Oana \u021aoiu<\/strong> said in an interview with RFE\/RL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOf course, we all wanted the U.S. military presence to remain unchanged or even increase,\u201d<br>\u2014 noted <strong>\u021aoiu<\/strong>, adding that Washington made the decision based on a <strong>\u2018well-grounded analysis\u2019<\/strong> suggesting that <strong>European NATO members must enhance their own defense capabilities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister emphasized that <strong>Romania will soon see a stronger NATO presence<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cBy the end of this year and into the next, we will see a stronger NATO presence in Romania and a greater ability of the Alliance to intervene if Romania faces a direct threat,\u201d<br>\u2014 said \u021aoiu, clarifying that this refers specifically to <strong>allied forces<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, <strong>U.S. President Donald Trump<\/strong> downplayed the importance of the troop reduction, saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI can tell you about the reduction in Romania, but it\u2019s not very significant. It doesn\u2019t matter much.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the decision <strong>sparked criticism from Republican defense policy experts<\/strong> in Washington. In a joint statement, <strong>Senate and House Armed Services Committee Chairs Roger Wicker and Mike Rogers<\/strong> declared their firm opposition, warning that <strong>premature withdrawal<\/strong> from NATO\u2019s eastern flank \u2014 especially just weeks after <strong>Russian drones violated Romanian airspace<\/strong> \u2014 could <strong>undermine deterrence and invite further Russian aggression<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romania\u2019s Defense Ministry confirmed that <strong>NATO allies had been informed<\/strong> of U.S. plans to reduce troop numbers in Eastern Europe, including at <strong>Mihail Kog\u0103lniceanu Air Base<\/strong>. The <strong>U.S. Army Command in Europe and Africa<\/strong> later officially announced the <strong>withdrawal of a combat group<\/strong>, returning it to the United States on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the U.S. announcement to reduce its military presence in Romania, other &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1245167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1245166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Romanian FM: NATO to Strengthen Presence in Romania After U.S. Troop Reduction - 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