Ministry of National Defence

Chief of Defense Staff, Lieutenant General Daniel Petrescu, is paying an official visit to the United States of America on July 12-18, on which occasion he will meet with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Mark A. Milley, and other senior NATO and US military officials, informs the Ministry of National Defense (MApN).

Romanian and Spanish officials, representatives of the Cervantes Institute, as well as diplomats, historians, army staff, researchers and experts on Tuesday attended in the Marble Hall of the Palace of the National Military Club in Bucharest a roundtable conference on the 140th anniversary of Romanian-Spanish diplomatic ties.

Παρόντες ο υπουργός Εθνικής Άμυνας Νίκος Παναγιωτόπουλος και ο Αρχηγός ΓΕΕΘΑ, Κωνσταντίνος Φλώρος

Ανάμεσά τους άμαχοι και μέλη των δυνάμεων άμυνας και ασφάλειας

Romania's Defence Minister Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca will participate, May 27-28, in an informal meeting of the European Union defence ministers in Lisbon, Portugal, according to Romania's Defence Ministry (MApN).

Η ερώτηση προς τον υπουργό Εθνικής Άμυνας, Νίκο Παναγιωτόπουλο

The charge d'affaires of the United States Embassy in Bucharest, David Muniz, and the commander of the 31st Aviano Squadron, Brigadier General Jason E. Bailey, are expected today at the 71st General Emanoil Ionescu Air Base at Campia Turzii, Cluj County.

A team of 15 specialists from the Ministry of National Defence (MApN), made of five doctors, five nurses and five military experts in the CBRN field, will leave, on Monday, in the USA, to offer support to the authorities in the state of Alabama in the context of measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

A C-27 J Spartan aircraft of the Romanian Air Force took off on Saturday morning from the 90 Otopeni Air Base to Milan carrying to Italy 90,000 FFP2 protection masks.

In her first visit to the Defense Ministry on Tuesday, Greece's new President Katerina Sakellaropoulou underlined the crucial role of the armed forces in protecting the country's territorial integrity and averting the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.