14/05/2021 21:31
The purpose of the Defender-Europe 21 exercise that is currently unfolding in Romania too, is mutual intra-NATO defense, Brigadier General Matthew J. Van Wagenen, deputy commander of the U.S. V Corps, told a press conference delivered jointly with the Commander of the Multinational Corps Southeast (MNC-SE), Major General Tomita-Catalin Tomescu, and the Commander of NATO s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, Lieutenant General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne.
According to the U.S. military official, this exercise was announced in advance, everyone knows about the activities organized, there have been briefings about this.
We are talking about strategic deterrence. We are talking about defense, the defense of Europe, the defense of the Black Sea region. The purpose of the exercise is intra-NATO defense, said Brig. Gen. Van Wagenen.