Romanian Media Challenges Defence Chiefs As NATO Article 4 Emergency Meeting Debate Intensifies

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:16][music] [music] [music] >> The Ministry of National Defense has proposed had discussions in the sense of activating Article 4 NATO.

[00:00:44]There are discussions.

[00:00:46]The Minister of Defense and the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of National Defense have informed the president in permanence that the decision to activate and consult Article 4 does not belong to the Ministry of National Defense.

[00:01:04]The Ministry of National Defense is following the procedures to implement all the steps that lead us to a state of security. And what legislative proposals have you made in such a way that these legislative limits no longer exist? The legislative proposals. It is very important to understand the following.

[00:01:24]We are in a state of peace. There are two countries in conflict at the border with Romania.

[00:01:29]There are two similar situations and we have to understand the difference between our NATO member state statute and the conflict statute from the border with Ukraine.

[00:01:42]The legislative amendments must be updated in accordance with technological evolution.

[00:01:48]Our procedures are adapted and we try every day to bring new elements and integrate them into the system.

[00:01:56]It is a 4-1/2 years war.

[00:01:59]And we after 4-1/2 years we're discussing legislative limits.

[00:02:05]Okay, I understand.

[00:02:07]I think many people can understand the technical limits. The safe has not been signed. The MRAP system has not been put in place. But after 4-1/2 years, do not consider that it is too much to talk about late legislative limits. After which countless assurances have been issued from the presidents below.

[00:02:30]According to which we can destroy the drones to fight them.

[00:02:35]So, I repeat the discussion. With the two states that are in conflict, the idea is to shoot on the territory of the Romanian state.

[00:02:46]In order to be able to shoot and not to shoot in the territory of another state, there is a risk of being able to interpret this as In 4-1/2 years, we have not found a solution.

[00:03:01]In 4-1/2 years, an agreement, a procedure, a legislation.

[00:03:08]The only solution in this sense is not to engage in anything outside the national airspace.

[00:03:17]It is a NATO decision.