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George Cristian Maior chief of Department for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Defense Policy received Wednesday November 5, 03 the US delegation of Boeing Corporation and Northrop Grumman, important defense agencies. The directors of the two companies, Joseph Bogasian deputy secretary of the US Department of Trade and the trade attaché of the US embassy in Bucharest were the members of this delegation.
State Secretary Maior presented the vision on the reform of the Romanian Armed Forces having in view the perspective of the future full member stressing on the new requirements especially the entire range of NATO missions and the split capacity for identifying potential area of cooperation in endowment.
In the same time there were showed the coordinates of increasing Romania-United States Strategic Partnership in security and defense and the partnerships already existing with the specialized American firms.
The guests showed their major interest for cooperation with the Romanian partners working in defense industry in order to strengthen a long lasting relation for the Romanian Armed Forces endowment with the last generation equipment and participation to the multinational projects developed within the Alliance.
In the same time they appreciated the level of the political military cooperation and stressed on the fact that in present time there is a special framework for the increase of the Romanian American relations. The visit of the American delegation in Romania enlisted the European tour of the US economic missions of defense and consists in visiting Poland and the Czech Republic.
Dep. for Euro-Atlantic Integration
and Defense Policy