{"id":83,"date":"2024-05-15T07:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T07:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=83"},"modified":"2024-05-15T07:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T07:09:02","slug":"pm-ciolacu-says-russia-conveyed-veiled-threat-to-romania-in-connection-to-patriot-transfer-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"PM Ciolacu says Russia conveyed &#8220;veiled threat&#8221; to Romania in connection to Patriot transfer to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime minister <strong>Marcel Ciolacu<\/strong>, in an interview with Digi24, said that Romania&#8217;s decision regarding the transfer of the Patriot anti-missile system to Ukraine annoyed Russia, which conveyed a &#8220;veiled threat,&#8221; but stressed that this is certainly not likely to result in military retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw Moscow&#8217;s reaction (after president Klaus Iohannis was in the US and mentioned on the sidelines of the meeting that Romania might transfer the Patriot system to Ukraine). Let&#8217;s be fair and say it clearly, we are dealing with an aggressor, a dictator. Moscow sent a veiled threat to Romania, this means that Romania&#8217;s decision is disturbing,&#8221; Marcel Ciolacu told Digi24, quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g4media.ro\/ciolacu-moscova-a-transmis-o-amenintare-voalata-catre-romania-decizia-romaniei-privind-transferul-sistemului-patriot-catre-ucraina-deranjeaza-dar-sa-fiu-bine-inteles-rusia-nu-isi-permite-sa-atace.html?mc_cid=fc7b64ece2&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G4media.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister also said that although Russia is annoyed, military retaliation is out of the question.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia will not attack Romania, let me be clear. It cannot afford to attack Romania, nor does it want to attack Romania&#8221;, Ciolacu appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the decision regarding the transfer of the Patriot system to Ukraine, the Supreme Council of Defense of the Country (CSAT) will make a decision,&#8221; Ciolacu added.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Gov.ro)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu, in an interview with Digi24, said that Romania&#8217;s decision regarding the transfer of the Patriot anti-missile system to Ukraine annoyed Russia, which conveyed a &#8220;veiled threat,&#8221; but stressed that this is certainly not likely to result in military retaliation. &#8220;I saw Moscow&#8217;s reaction (after president Klaus Iohannis was in the US [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}