The President of the Republic Klaus Johannis spoke about air defense for our state after a meeting with Joe Biden.
Klaus Johannis and Joe Biden
President of Romania by colleague Joe Biden. After his visit to the White House, the head of state told reporters that one of the topics of the conversation was the provision of air defense systems to Ukraine. The US President “remembered Germany's call to transfer air defense systems.”
As Reuters writes, Iohannis said in response that he was “open to discussions on the supply of Patriot.” The President should discuss this issue with the Romanian Security Council and understand “what we can offer and what we will get instead, because it is unacceptable to leave our country without air defense.”
Romania signed a $4 billion contract with the United States supplying Patriot back in 2017. Currently, the country has one battery in operation, but Klaus Iohannis says that another one may soon be brought into operation, which is being considered as a potential weapon for Ukraine.
- During the meeting with Biden, Iohannis also emphasized. , that he is not withdrawing his candidacy for the post of NATO Secretary General, despite the fact that the US President himself and most of his colleagues from Europe support Mark Rutte.