The visit to Romania of the French Minister of the Armed Forces

The French Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, will pay an official visit to Romania on Thursday, 3 November. On this occasion, the Minister of National Defence, Angel Tîlvãr, will have a meeting with his French counterpart, at the MoND Headquarters, starting 17.30, followed by joint press statements.

Also, the schedule of the French delegation consists in a visit paid to the Joint National Training Center “Getica”, from Cincu, Brașov County, starting 8.30, a wreath laying ceremony (starting 14.00) at the French Heroes’ Monument, erected in Cișmigiu Park from Bucharest, followed by meetings with the President of Romania, Klaus Werner Iohannis, at Cotroceni Palace and the Prime Minister Nicolae-Ionel Ciucã, at Victoria Palace.

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Battle Group Forward Presence – BGFP in Romania was established in May, by transforming the allied multinational elements within the NATO Response Force deployed in our country.

The establishment of the Battle Groups (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary) is part of the larger set of measures adopted by NATO in order to consolidate its medium and long-time deterrence and defence posture, as a consequence of the war led by the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

Upon France’s proposal of taking over the framework nation role, the French battalion deployed to Romania - considered the spearhead of NATO’s Very High Reaction Force (VJTF) -forms the Collective Defence Battle Group (CDBG) on the national territory, by integrating, on rotational basis, the Belgian and Dutch troops. The main CDBG troops are deployed to the Joint National Training from Cincu, where they perform training missions and activities alongside the other Romanian Armed Forces structures.

The Press Office