Romanian National Defence Ministry

Seventeen Romanian gendarmes are leaving today for Afghanistan on a six-month mission with the NATO Training Mission (NTM-A) to provide training for the local law enforcement forces. Attending the departure ceremony, hosted by the Romanian Gendarmerie, was Interior Minister Dan Carmen alongside officials of the Interior Ministry (MAI) and families of those who will participate in the mission.

Romania's National Defence Minister Mihai Fifor met on Wednesday, in Jerusalem, chief of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Israeli Parliament Avi Dichter, according to a press statement released by the Romanian National Defence Ministry (MApN).

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will pay a visit to Romania on Thursday at the invitation of his Romanian counterpart Mircea Dusa, on which occasion the American official will also meet with Prime Minister Victor Ponta.