Germany will make further contributions to strengthen NATO's eastern flank in response to the ongoing war in Ukraine, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Romania on Wednesday.
After talks in Bucharest with Romania's President Klaus Iohannis, Steinmeier said: "We know in particular that the eastern flank must be strengthened by a presence."
Steinmeier also referred to the contributions already made by Germany to this end, such as the air surveillance on the eastern edge of the alliance.
Romania shares a border of some 600 kilometres with Ukraine. Steinmeier told Iohannis that Berlin was considering "Romania's security needs with very special sensitivity."
