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George Cristian Maior State Secretary and chief of Department for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Defense Policy and General Dr. Mihail Popescu chief of General Staff together with a delegation of military, parliamentarians and media representatives will visit the theaters of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan occasioned by the Day of the Romanian Armed Forces.
The program of the visit consists in meetings with the Romanian military participating to the fourth phase of stabilization and reconstruction in Iraq and to "ENDURING FREEDOM'' operation in Afghanistan. In the same time they will evaluate the results of the missions and the living and working conditions of the Romanians.
In Basra, Iraq, the Romanian officials will discuss with Colonel Richard Barrons, commander of the South East Multinational Division and in Nassirya with the commander of the Italian "Sassari" Brigade and the Romanians working within the Headquarters. The MoND delegation will meet the Romanian MP Company and the 811th Infantry Battalion from the "White Horse" camp. In Al Hillah the delegation will meet the Engineering Detachment.
In Afghanistan, the delegation will meet the Romanians from the 151st Infantry Battalion and will have talks with the commander of the 1st Warrior Brigade and meetings with ISAF commander.
This occasion the Romanian delegation will be informed on the cooperation within the multinational forces and the evaluations made by the commanders of the theaters of operations on the working in common problems.
Dep. for Euro-Atlantic Integration
and Defense Policy