{"id":9557,"date":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9557"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","slug":"defence-minister-argues-us-aid-does-not-make-romania-party-to-iran-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9557","title":{"rendered":"Defence minister argues US aid does not make Romania party to Iran strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of defence <strong>Radu Miru\u021b\u0103<\/strong> said in an interview with Euronews that allowing US military aircraft to use Romanian bases does not make the country a \u201ccobelligerent\u201d in the US and Israeli bombing of Iran, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediafax.ro\/stirile-zilei\/miruta-despre-trupele-sua-in-romania-avem-certitudinea-ca-nu-se-va-interpreta-ca-romania-e-tara-cobeligeranta-23712341?mc_cid=14617abf0d&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Mediafax<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The comments follow reports that US refuelling aircraft are now operating from Otopeni military airport, located near Bucharest\u2019s civilian airport. Earlier communications had only referenced the use of Mihail Kog\u0103lniceanu and C\u00e2mpia Turzii bases.<\/p>\n<p>Miru\u021b\u0103 emphasised that the aircraft using Romanian facilities are not armed and are limited to refuelling operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe soldiers who were announced to be coming here are matched to the capabilities that the United States is bringing here. They are not mapped to other activities,\u201d he said, adding that personnel operate only approved equipment, including aircraft and satellite communication systems.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that US forces in Romania are not participating directly in military operations in the Middle East.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The minister\u2019s remarks contrast with actions in other European countries; Spain recently denied access to its airspace for US aircraft involved in the Iran strikes, while the European Union has yet to adopt a common position.<\/p>\n<p>Miru\u021b\u0103 said Romania\u2019s support is logistical and does not expose the country to combat engagement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no risk that they will be involved in military operations,\u201d he said, underlining the limited scope of US activities on Romanian soil.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Facebook\/Radu Miruta)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of defence Radu Miru\u021b\u0103 said in an interview with Euronews that allowing US military aircraft to use Romanian bases does not make the country a \u201ccobelligerent\u201d in the US and Israeli bombing of Iran, Mediafax reported. The comments follow reports that US refuelling aircraft are now operating from Otopeni military airport, located near Bucharest\u2019s [&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-9557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9557","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=9557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}