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Romania has agreed to allow the United States to use its air bases to refuel aircraft involved in the US-Israel operations against Iran, President Nicusor Dan said on Wednesday. The decision was approved by Parliament after review by the Supreme Council of National Defence.
Dan described the arrangement as a “temporary deployment of American military equipment and forces in Romania” and stressed that the equipment “enhances Romania’s security” while remaining defensive in nature.
The move would allow refuelling of aircraft and the deployment of monitoring and satellite communications equipment, Dan said.
Under the plan, US forces will use the Mihail Kogalniceanu base near Constanta and Campia Turzii in central Romania for an initial 90 days, an official source told AFP. About 400 US troops will be stationed at each base.
The Mihail Kogalniceanu base, near the Black Sea, hosts the largest US military presence in Romania and has been used by American forces since 1999 for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Currently, around 1,000 US personnel remain in Romania following troop withdrawals in October, including 800 at Mihail Kogalniceanu.
Romanian authorities are investing over €2 billion ($2.3 billion) to expand the base, aiming to make it one of Europe’s largest by 2040.
