Slovakia will send low-altitude radars and personnel to operate them to Romania, Romanian defense minister Radu Miruță announced. The deployment is intended to strengthen surveillance along Romania’s eastern border.

Radu Miruță thanked his Slovak counterpart, Robert Kaliňák, and the Slovak government for approving the deployment.

“This is a response to the appeal I made at both NATO and European Union level to strengthen surveillance capacity at our eastern border,” the Romanian minister wrote on Facebook. 

Miruță said the decision followed meetings in which Romania presented and argued its need for additional surveillance equipment. He also linked Slovakia’s response to the work carried out by the Romanian Defense Ministry under the EU’s SAFE programs.

The Romanian minister personally thanked Robert Kaliňák during the informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Ireland.

“I stressed once again how important it is to demonstrate in practice how cooperation between states works,” Radu Miruță said.

He e added that Romania had shown it was a reliable partner by fulfilling its own responsibilities before requesting support from its allies.

irina.marica@romania-insider.com

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