President On Defense Council Meeting Suspension: There Was No Hostility

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday, in Brussels, that the Defense Council meeting on Tuesday was suspended by mutual agreement of the participants and not in a hostile manner, as was rumored in the national media.

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President On Defense Council Meeting Suspension: There Was No Hostility

“The suspension was made in common agreement, it was not a hostile suspension, and we agreed to continue discussions at a later date,” said the president.

Tuesday’s meeting of Romania’s Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) was suspended by President Klaus Iohannis, at the request of council members, following prolonged discussions on important subjects of national security.

According to a statement issued by the Presidential Administration, the president decided that the meeting will be continued on December 19, with the same agenda.

The CSAT meeting lasted for approximately three and a half hours.

The meeting was attended, among others, by Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, Romanian Intelligence Service Director Eduard Hellvig, Defense Minister Gabriel Les and Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu. Also present were Interior Minister Carmen Dan, Justice Minister Tudorel Toader, Economy Minister Niculae Badalau and Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici.

According to the meeting’s agenda, it tackled subjects related to the deployment of Romanian military forces, but also the recent Azov Sea incident between Russia and Ukraine.

 

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