NATO and Ukraine had not planned consultations on stationing missile defense system in Romania
Ukraine and NATO had no plans to hold consultations on stationing missile defense systems (MDS) on the Romania-Ukraine border, the office of Ukraine's representative to NATO has said.
"We were not planning to discuss and did not discuss with NATO the issue of holding consultations on MDS. We have other, bigger issues we're dealing with today, concerning the situation in the Black Sea, regional security and strengthening Ukraine's relationship with NATO. There were no conversations about stationing missile defenses in Romania and no plans to hold such consultations. I don't know where the journalist got that information," Ukraine's acting representative to NATO Yehor Bozhok told RFE/RL on Thursday.
Comments of a NATO representative, who wished to remain anonymous, were cited in the broadcast: "There was no meeting with any country and nothing was cancelled." He added that the issue of missile defense has been under discussion with NATO partners and that the military bloc continues to discuss the issue transparently.