Acting President Ilie Bolojan declared on Wednesday that during his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Strategic Partnership between the two countries was reconfirmed and announced that the French military presence in Romania would be strengthened in the coming period.

„We have ensured once again that just as France has been by Romania’s side in the most important moments of our country, it remains by our side also today. We have reconfirmed the Strategic Partnership with France. We have also reconfirmed once again the stability of the French military presence in Romania, at the request of our country. We have a significant French contingent that contributes, together with the other contingents of allied countries and the United States, to the security of our country, and we have confirmed that this presence will be consolidated in the coming period. We have confirmed the continuation of cooperation and development in the economic area and in the defense industry, taking into account not only regional needs, but also the possibility that this industry will be a pole of development in Romania in the coming years,” Bolojan said in Paris, after the bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Acting President Ilie Bolojan also participated on Wednesday, in Paris, in the informal meeting organized by the President of France on the situation in Ukraine and security challenges in Europe.

AGERPRES