UK signs defence treaty with Romania

The UK has signed a new defence treaty with Romania, promoting greater cooperation between the two countries' armed forces.

Defence Secretary, John Healey MP, met with his Romanian counterpart, Angel Tîlvăr, at the Ministry of Defence in London on Wednesday.

The ministers agreed to enhance bilateral defence cooperation to maintain peace and security in Europe, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of each nation’s armed forces when operating together, and develop information sharing.

The two countries are already working together, with Romania sending military personnel to the UK to help train more than 45,000 Ukrainian recruits as part of Operation Interflex and a Royal Air Force fighter squadron of six Typhoons and around 200 personnel deploying to Romania to fly NATO air policing missions for four months.