Minister of Defense, Teodor Melescanu is visiting Thursday, May 17, the 300th Mechanized Infantry Battalion and the 284th Tank Battalion deployed in Galati and subordinated to the 282nd Mechanized Brigade Unirea Principatelor.

The Chief of the Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ph.D. Teodor Frunzeti is part of the delegation headed by the Minister of Defense and they will have meetings with the commanders of the units to be informed on the stage of the process of restructure, reorganization and transformation.

The 300th Mechanized Infantry Battalion and the 284th Tank Battalion, this year, will end the process of operationalization within the big unit for them to be introduced into the package of forces destined to NATO.

The MoD leaders will have talks with the two units personnel for finding out the problems they are confronting with and identifying together with the officials of the local administration the possible solutions of the social problems. They will also meet the Bishop of Dunarea de Jos, P.S.Ph.D. Casian Craciun.

The visit of units from the Danube side enlists the series of activities made by the Minister Teodor Melescanu since the beginning of his mandate, to find out and solve the problems on the quality of life for the MoD military and civilian personnel and to focus on the effort, as an immediate priority, on the operationalization of forces Romanian engaged for NATO and the European Union.

MoD Spokesperson