French foreign minister to discuss possibility of NATO mission in Romania

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will discuss the possible deployment of a NATO mission in Romania during a trip to Bucharest on February 2-3, Report informs, citing RIA Novosti that this was announced by a representative of the French Foreign Ministry.

“The president of the republic has declared our readiness to contribute to new security measures within NATO in Romania, which we will determine collectively with our allies and which is the subject of consultations in the North Atlantic Alliance and with the Romanian authorities. Jean-Yves Le Drian will have the opportunity to discuss this issue during his trip to Bucharest on February 2-3,” the Foreign Ministry spokesman said at a briefing on Monday.

On Thursday, experts from the French Ministry of Defense arrived in Romania to study the parameters of a possible deployment of a NATO mission there. Defense Minister Florence Parly said that France could deploy several hundred of its troops in Romania, which borders Ukraine if NATO decides to do so.