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Ioan Mircea Pascu, minister of National Defence will participate April 6, 04 to the informal reunion of ministers of Defence from the EU member states (in format Troika+5) organized in Brussels.
Minister Pascu will meet his counterparts from the states participating in the Wets European Armaments Group (WEAG) and will sign two amendments on the participation of Romania to the arrangements within WEAG: one regarding the Memorandum of Understanding EUROPA (European Understanding for Research Organisation Programmes and Activities) and the second regarding ERG no. 1 (European Research Group).
The sign of the two documents represents the fact that Romania as a candidateand future member of the European Union and as an associate partner of the Western European Union is interested in contributing to the increase of cooperation in armaments at European level.
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