Romania followed Poland and asked the US to send more troops to defend against Russia.
Romania has offered to pay for the presence of the American delegation on its territory - hoping not only to maintain, but also increase its numbers - amid a growing threat from Russia, which is accused of repeated violations of the country's NATO airspace and, more recently, of attacks on commercial ships in the Black Sea. Romanian President Nicosor Dan said this in an interview with the "Financial Times" and noted that Warsaw had taken a similar step in the past, deciding at its expense to build and maintain a permanent American military base in Poland, unofficially called "Fort Trump".
Dan said that he told the American side "specific data regarding the number of soldiers and the distribution of costs." "We want to see more American soldiers and more powerful assault weapons," the president stressed. The administration of the head of state clarified that today 1,172 American soldiers are stationed in Romania, while previously the department numbered 1,700 people. They also made it clear that Bucharest was willing to pay reparations in line with Poland's - Warsaw offered to transfer to Washington $15,000 a year for each American serviceman stationed at the planned military base.
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