Romanian President Klaus Iohannis believes that the difficult issue of sending European troops to Ukraine should not be discussed by a narrow circle of countries. He announced this at a press conference held in Brussels before the start of the EU-Western Balkans summit, answering the question of journalists. The transcript of the press conference was posted on the website of the President's office.
The journalist asked the president why Romania is not participating in the meeting between NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Vladimir Zelensky, as well as the meeting with the leaders of Great Britain, Italy, Poland and France, where the issue of sending European troops to Ukraine will be discussed in particular, and What is Romania's position on this matter?
"The issue of sending troops was not discussed with me, so I cannot express any opinion. If this issue arises at the level of the European Council or NATO in the "all" format, Romania will express its opinion. This is an extremely difficult problem with extraordinary gravity," Yohanis said.
The President of Romania noted that he knew about the meeting from the beginning.
"I don't know who convened, the states that gathered? This seems a little unusual to me, we in NATO work on the basis of consensus, and not in groups or circles, I don't think it is a good solution to discuss these complex issues in groups," Yohannis said.
