Her Majesty the Custodian of the Crown, Margareta, and His Royal Highness Prince Radu received, on Wednesday, at the Elisabeta Palace, high dignitaries of the Romanian state and representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, participants in the NATO-Industry Forum 2025, which is taking place in Romania under the auspices of the NATO Secretary General.
"His Majesty and His Royal Highness held an extensive dialogue with the guests on the topic of Romania's contribution on the Eastern Flank of NATO and the EU, security in the Black Sea and our country as a factor of stability, balance and development in the southeast of the continent and in the European neighborhood", informs the Royal Family of Romania, in a post on Facebook.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Ionut Mosteanu, Minister of National Defense, Chief of the Defense Staff, General Gheorghita Vlad, representatives of NATO agencies and divisions, along with generals and officers from the Ministry of National Defense.
The NATO-Industry Forum (NIF) is a strategic-level event that facilitates direct and continuous collaboration between NATO and the defense industry. The theme of the 2025 edition of the NATO-Industry Forum is "NATO Rearmament - Innovate, Accelerate, Sustain".
The forum is co-organized by the Allied Command Transformation and the Division for Defence Industry, Innovation and Armaments within the International Staff of NATO Headquarters.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte was received on Wednesday at Cotroceni Palace by President Nicusor Dan.
The visit of the high-ranking official of the North Atlantic Alliance takes place in the context of his participation in the NATO Industry Forum, which takes place on Wednesday and Thursday in Bucharest, an event intended for strategic dialogue with the defense industries of the allied states.
The President of Romania and the Secretary General of NATO will participate together in this forum on Thursday morning.
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