Romania: US Will Cut Some Troops in Europe

Washington has told Romania and allies it will reduce some US troops deployed on NATO’s eastern flank, the Romanian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The decision was not a “withdrawal,” Romania’s Defense Minister Ionut Mosteanu told journalists shortly after the statement was released.

It was the “cessation of the rotation of a brigade that had elements in several NATO countries, including Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary”, he said. The ministry statement said that 1,000 US soldiers would remain deployed in Romania.

A NATO official said that the body had been informed by the administration of US President Donald Trump in advance and also played down its significance. (AFP)