Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Welcomes Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tilvar to the Pentagon > U.S. Department of Defense > Transcript
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 30, 2023
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Mr. Minister, welcome to the Pentagon. It's a pleasure to host you here this morning, and after 25 years of our relationship, the U.S.-Romania relationship, and our strategic partnership has never been stronger.
And it's especially important over the past year after Russia's cruel and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Russia's trying to change the borders of a peaceful and sovereign neighboring country by aggression and force. That's a threat to security in the region, and as a direct result of -- on the core . . .
