NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, praised Romania, in a joint press conference on Friday with President Klaus Iohannis, saying that the country is an example of assuming NATO commitments.In turn, Iohannis gave assurances of Romanias full support for the Alliance and invited the North-Atlantic Alliance high official to visit Bucharest.In his speech, Iohannis has hinted to Russia, saying that we assist with concern to violations of territorial states, which generates insecurity.He also stressed that the missile shield in Deveselu is a strictly defensive capability, despite Russias anger, which claims that the shield is directed against it and threatens its national security.

I stress once again the defensive nature of this base and the fact that it is an important contribution of Romania in its Partnership with the US to strengthening the NATO capabilities, Romanias head of state added,showing that the Deveselu basewill be operational as of this year.

Klaus Iohannis pointed out that he has confirmed during his talks with the NATO head, the significant contribution of Romania in the NATO mission in Afghanistan in the spirit of the solidarity within the Alliance

NATO Secretary General: With itsstrong commitment to reach 2 pct of the GDP for defence expenditure until 2017, Romania is an example for others

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg said that Romanias decision to raise the defence expenditure to 2 pct of the Gross Domestic Product by 2017 is an example for the other member states of the Alliance.

We have discussed the decision made by Romania, the agreement among all the Romanian important political parties to accomplish the tasks linked to the defence, to halt the cuts in the defence expenditure and start the gradual increment of the expenditures. Romania is an example for others. You agreed and made a strong commitment to reach 2 pct of the GDP for defence expenditure until 2017. This is an example for other states and we are going to use Romania as example for other countries, saying that if Romania did this thing it had committed to, it is important for Romania, for the entire Alliance and an example for many other allies, Stoltenberg said in Brussels, in a joint conference with President Klaus Iohannis.

According to Agerpres correspondent in Brussels, Jens Stoltenberg hailed Romanias strong commitment within NATO, and also its solid contribution to many of the Alliances activities and missions.

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