Romania’s Top Diplomat Says Eastern Flank Needs More NATO Assets

Helicopters operate during a NATO military exercise in Cincu, Romania.Photographer: Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg

NATO needs to increase its presence on the European eastern flank despite Russia’s renewed push to constrain the military alliance during peace talks with the US, according to Romania’s foreign minister.

“NATO’s deterrence and defense posture on the eastern flank needs to be increased and not decreased,” Oana Toiu told Bloomberg in an interview in Brussels on Wednesday. “We do not accept current or future limits.”