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Multinational Corps Southeast in Romania to command NATO operations in Romania and Bulgaria

Major General Dragoş-Dumitru Iacob
Photo: BTA

Major General Dragoş-Dumitru Iacob, commander of the Headquarters Multinational Corps Southeast in the town of Sibiu stated, that from now on Bulgarians and Romanians should feel safer, now that the new NATO command structure has become operational. At the opening ceremony he laid emphasis on the role of the command headquarters to supervise ground operations in Romania and Bulgaria in the event of war.

“We are ready to fulfil the missions for which we were designed. We are designed to lead the ground operation on the territory of Romania and Bulgaria, leading up to five allied divisions belonging to the NATO force structure," Major General Dragos Dumitru Iacob said and added that “if the situation requires it, we are prepared to defend the territory of Romania and Bulgaria with a weapon in hand.”

The NATO structure in Sibiu has a budget of EUR 350 million and is expected to include troops from 17 allied countries.



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