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National Defence Minister Gabriel Les had a meeting with his Polish counterpart Antoni Macierewicz, on the sidelines of the defence ministers' of the NATO member states meeting, context in which the foreign official accepted the invitation to pay a visit to Romania this spring.
According to a release of the National Defence Ministry (MApN) sent to agerpres, the meeting that was held on Wednesday represented a good occasion to deepen the dialogue in the context of Romania- Poland Strategic Partnership, on subjects connected to the bilateral cooperation in the defence area and within the Alliance.
"The Romanian Defence Minister underlined the importance of effort coordination to implement the decision of the Warsaw Summit, especially in respect to the advanced presence of allies on the territory of the two countries. In this regard, the intensification of contracts on a military level was agreed, in order to efficiently transpose into practice the commitments to mutually participate in the allied structures that are hosted by Romania and Poland, consisting of military subunits and general staff officers," the release points out.
According to the quoted source, in the bilateral cooperation area the two ministers highlighted the commitment of fully use the framework offered by the Strategic Partnership in order to intensify the relations in the defense area, especially by participating in the multi-national exercises and in other activities of forces' practical instruction, as well as in military information, air forces and defense against the ballistic missiles areas.
"Poland has reconfirmed the commitment to deploy in our country, during the next year, several combat aircraft to participate in air police missions and joint training activities with the Romanian Air Forces. In this context, the intensified collaboration on the NATO's Centers of Excellence level between the two countries was also highlighted," the release informs.
The MApN mentions that, for the purpose of discussing and advancing the practical bilateral cooperation projects, the Polish Minister responded favorably to the intention of paying a visit to Romania, in the spring of this year.
