ROMANIA - A NATO MEMBER STATE VITAL TO ENSURING THE SECURITY OF THE SOUTH-EAST FLANK OF EUROPE
ROMANIA - A NATO MEMBER STATE VITAL TO ENSURING THE SECURITY OF THE SOUTH-EAST FLANK OF EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: On 29 March 2004, Romania submitted the instruments of ratification at the State Department of the United States of America, the main state of the Treaty of the North Atlantic Alliance. The present year we have celebrated the 15th anniversary since Romania becamea member of NATO, but it has also been 70 years since the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (April 1949), being the oldest military alliance. Since its inception, the Alliance has worked to establish a fair order and lasting peace in Europe, based on the common values of human rights democracy, and inaccordance with the rule of law. When NATO started extending to the East, Romania, already oriented towards the West, strengthened the Atlantic Area Regional course. In March of 2014, after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Romania launched “a warning signal” that an imminent war is at its borders. Romania felt threatened by the Russian Federation and saw the need to better secure its border and increase military security. The region suddenly focused on the factthat NATO, the United States and the EU realized the importance of strengthening Romania to create a fortified Eastern flank to be able to stand up to an increasingly aggressive Russian Federation.

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