{"id":9180,"date":"2026-03-06T09:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9180"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:01:15","slug":"romanian-president-avoids-details-on-romania-joining-frances-extended-nuclear-deterrence-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9180","title":{"rendered":"Romanian president avoids details on Romania joining France\u2019s extended nuclear deterrence initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian president Nicu\u0219or Dan said Romania is already covered by the \u201cNato\/US nuclear umbrella\u201d and that Romania hosting nuclear elements on its territory \u201cin the medium term\u201d is out of the question.<\/p>\n<p>He made the statement during a press conference while on a visit to Poland on March 5, answering questions from journalists seeking to learn more details about what Foreign Affairs minister Oana \u021aoiu implied to be an evaluation process ahead of a possible participation of the country in the nuclear deterrence initiative announced by French president Emannuel Macron.<\/p>\n<p>About France, Dan said, \u201cit is a relationship that has been going on for a long time; we have French soldiers in Romania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen there are exceptional elements that go beyond the military sphere, we will communicate publicly,\u201d president Dan said, quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/stirileprotv.ro\/stiri\/actualitate\/nicusor-dan-despre-oferta-frantei-privind-umbrela-nucleara-in-viitorul-mediu-nu-se-pune-problema-amplasarii-unor-componente.html?mc_cid=2fa776b713&amp;mc_eid=607bd7d763\" target=\"_blank\">StirileProtv.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The enhanced nuclear deterrence initiative re-launched by president Macron is not competing with the existing Nato arrangements; on the contrary, it comes to address president Trump&#8217;s invitation for enhanced military capacity in Europe, and does not necessarily involve nuclear warheads stationed on the territory of the countries joining France\u2019s initiative.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Affairs minister Oana Toiu previously confirmed Romania was invited to join the initiative, around the time Dan was attending president Trump\u2019s Board of Peace meeting, and assured that Romania\u2019s participation in the French initiative, already joined by eight European countries including Poland, would be discussed in the Supreme Defense Council of the Country (CSAT), which is chaired by the president.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From Romania&#8217;s side and regarding our position, this subject belongs to the Supreme Council for National Defence, chaired by the president, and since the president is going to have relevant meetings on this topic, I will leave the answer to him,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Presidency.ro)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian president Nicu\u0219or Dan said Romania is already covered by the \u201cNato\/US nuclear umbrella\u201d and that Romania hosting nuclear elements on its territory \u201cin the medium term\u201d is out of the question. He made the statement during a press conference while on a visit to Poland on March 5, answering questions from journalists seeking to [&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-9180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9180","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=9180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}