The meeting in Bucharest of the foreign affairs ministries from the NATO member states, which is the the first of such importance since the North Atlantic Alliance Summit in 2008, represents a recognition of the role Romania plays in this part of Europe, political scientist Cristian Pirvulescu told Agerpres.

„It is of crucial importance. This is a recognition of the role Romania has been playing in this part of Europe. This will not only be symbolic, for we already know now how important was the meeting in 2008, because of everything that happened later, including the war in Ukraine, considering the positions that were stated there, both by the NATO partners and by Vladimir Putin, who was, at that time, carrying out his second term in office as the President of Russia. Now, this meeting confirms Romania’s status, which is unique in this area, of a pillar of NATO and, obviously, not just in military but also in political terms, we do needed to emphasize this. At the same time, the meeting sends a message to the citizens of Romania in respect to the role played by our country in this organization, which is of a major importance as I believe that everybody understands it now,” stated Professor Cristian Pirvulescu.

Agerpres