{"id":9138,"date":"2026-03-04T08:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9138"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:02:30","slug":"romanian-formin-says-france-invited-bucharest-to-join-extended-nuclear-deterrence-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9138","title":{"rendered":"Romanian ForMin says France invited Bucharest to join extended nuclear deterrence initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian foreign minister <strong>Oana \u021aoiu<\/strong> said that France has invited Romania to be part of the group of countries hosting elements of the &#8220;nuclear shield&#8221; under the extended nuclear deterrence initiative announced by French president Emmanuel Macron, according to Reuters, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g4media.ro\/ministra-toiu-sustine-ca-franta-ar-fi-invitat-romania-sa-faca-parte-din-grupul-de-tari-care-gazduiesc-elemente-ale-scutului-nuclear-desi-tara-noastra-nu-face-parte-din-grupul-anunta.html?mc_cid=bd745a338f&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">G4media.ro<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While visiting Poland, Toiu said on March 3 that a decision will be made by Romania&#8217;s Supreme Council of National Defence (CSAT).<\/p>\n<p>Romania <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/romania-france-nuclear-deterrence-march-2026\" target=\"_blank\">is not part of the group publicly announced<\/a> by French president Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n<p>President Macron announced historic decisions on March 2 regarding France\u2019s nuclear capabilities. He announced that France, the world\u2019s fourth-largest nuclear power, would increase the number of its nuclear warheads, thus entering a new phase of nuclear deterrence.<\/p>\n<p>President Macron said eight other European countries \u2013 the UK, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Sweden, and Denmark \u2013 had agreed to participate in a new &#8220;advanced deterrence&#8221; strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Macron said the eight European countries could take part in exercises of France&#8217;s air-launched nuclear capacity \u2013 or force de frappe &#8211; and also host air bases where France&#8217;s nuclear bombers could be stationed.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Facebook\/Oana Toiu)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian foreign minister Oana \u021aoiu said that France has invited Romania to be part of the group of countries hosting elements of the &#8220;nuclear shield&#8221; under the extended nuclear deterrence initiative announced by French president Emmanuel Macron, according to Reuters, as reported by G4media.ro.\u00a0 While visiting Poland, Toiu said on March 3 that a decision [&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-9138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9138","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=9138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}