Romanian President Nicosor Dan has offered to pay the United States to maintain and expand its military presence in Romania, offering cost-sharing arrangements as new Russian drones and attacks on commercial shipping raise security concerns in the Black Sea region.
The US currently has 1,172 troops stationed in the country, down from 1,700. Bucharest is considering a proposal similar to Poland's to pay for a permanent US military base and provide annual payments for every US soldier stationed there.