Port of Constanța

It borders Ukraine.

It has access to the Danube, and its Port of Constanta links the sea with transport networks deeper inside Europe.

That means Romania can become much more than simply another NATO member.

It can become a logistics center, an energy center, and an important part of Black Sea surveillance and defense.

I will tell you this was the case of Romania.

We had two drone incursions, uh, very severe in the Port of Constanța, and I told you about the residential building, right, when, when we were in, uh, leaving from Estonia.

And Romania didn't call for the Article 4.

Obviously, you have to have a certain political climate to be able to do that within the alliance.

It's Russia's strategy to try to create choke points on Ukraine's economy.

Uh, and that is why, for example, something that we're, we've done this week in New York and what we aim to build is again, uh, something similar with the solidarity lanes we have had in the Black Sea, a ceasefire, a moratorium that, uh, would enable us, especially through the Port of Constanta, to support the proper commercial lanes in the Black Sea, together with Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, of course.

Now, you have called for a stronger protection of NATO's eastern flank.

Yes.