After the meeting with Biden, the Romanian leader said he was ready to discuss the transfer of an air defense system to Kyiv, but he wanted to see what Romania would receive in return.
Romania is open to discussing sending the Patriot missile system to Ukraine. The President of the country, Klaus Johannis, announced this on Tuesday, May 7, Reuters and AP report.
He made this statement after a meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington. Iohannis noted that in the past few weeks there has been a discussion about who could provide Patriot to Ukraine.
“President Biden mentioned this…in our meeting and I said I’m open to discussion. I should discuss this with the Supreme Defense Council to see what we can offer and what we can get in return because it’s Unacceptable- agree to leave Romania without air defense,” said Iohannis.
US President Joe Biden reportedly welcomed Romanian President Klaus Iohannis to the White House on Tuesday. The meeting in the Oval Office was to mark two decades of Romania’s NATO membership.
At the beginning of the meeting, Biden joked that he supported Romania’s entry into NATO when he was a senator “180 years ago” and said the alliance had become stronger since Romania’s integration.
Biden noted that Romanian and American troops have fought and trained side by side. The US President also praised Romania for “stepping up” to help Ukraine counter Russian aggression.
It was previously reported that Greece is ready to transfer the Patriot system to Ukraine under certain conditions.
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