September 13 () –
US State Department Secretary Antony Blinken held a telephone conversation on Thursday with his Romanian counterpart Luminta Obodescu, thanking her for donating a Patriot air defense system to Ukraine, as promised a few months ago.
“(Blinken) thanked Minister Odobescu for honoring Romania’s commitment and for her continued leadership in defending regional security. He underscored the United States’ continued support for Ukraine and its freedom from Russian aggression,” reads a statement from the State Department.
The Romanian parliament approved a bill earlier this month that would allow the country to supply Ukraine with a Patriot system. In July, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky signed an agreement on security cooperation that includes, in particular, the transfer of the Patriot system.
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