Romania will continue to be a responsible and active ally of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said on Friday at the meeting with NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Paolo Alli, who is in Bucharest in the context of the 63rd Annual Session of NATO's Parliamentary Assembly. According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) for Agerpres, the discussions between the two "focused on topical issues on NATO's current agenda regarding the phase and prospects of implementing NATO decisions to strengthen the defense and deterrence posture and to ensure an increased role of the Alliance in stability projection."
The two high officials exchanged assessments on the main security developments in the eastern and southern neighborhood, underlining the importance of maintaining the Alliance's capacity to deal with all threats to the member states, regardless of their area of origin. The importance of NATO-EU co-operation has been highlighted in as many areas of common interest as possible for the two organizations, which is all the more necessary in the context of strengthening the EU's role in the field of security and defense.
The head of the Romanian diplomacy voiced appreciation for the work of the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO and emphasized the unique and extremely important role that this format plays in connecting allied objectives and policies to the needs and expectations of citizens in the member states. Teodor Melescanu stressed that "Romania will continue to be a responsible and active ally in promoting a strengthened NATO profile and will remain a trustworthy dialogue partner for its allies," the quoted source informs.
The President of the NATO's Parliamentary Assembly appreciated Romania's important contributions to the Alliance, materialized, among other things, in its significant participation in allied missions, hosting the Aegis Ashore rocket defence system and in meeting the Alliance's objective to allocate 2pct of GDP to defense. Moreover, given the double quality of the foreign dignitary, as president of the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO, as well as a deputy in the Italian Parliament, also highlighted during the meeting was the very good Romania-Italy political dialogue, in the context of a bilateral relationship of Consolidated Strategic Partnership. Also underscored were the important role of the Romanian community in Italy in the bilateral relationship and the common concern for its good integration into the Italian society, the MAE also informs.
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