The meeting took place in Athens, on Friday, 21 February, during the Informal Meeting of EU Ministers of Defence. Minister Mircea Dusa availed himself of the opportunity to wish his Hellenic counterpart, Dimitris Avramopoulos, success in exercising the Hellenic Presidency of the EU Council and thanked him for organizing the informal meeting.

One of the themes approached was intensifying bilateral defence cooperation, when the Romanian defence minister reiterated the idea of exploring new cooperation fields that would be helpful in solving some of the NATO and EU requirements, including the field of the joint development of military capabilities.

'We consider that the cooperation between our countries within SEECP and SEDM is important', Mircea Dusa pointed out during the meeting.

At the end of the talks, Minister Dusa invited the Hellenic minister to participate in the events that will be organized in Bucharest in celebration of the 10 years since Romania joined NATO. In turn, the Hellenic defence minister invited his Romanian counterpart to make an official visit in Greece.

MoND Press Office