Romania exempts NATOaircraft from certain tariffs

BUCHAREST (TASS): Flights of military aircraft of NATO member states are exempted in Romania from paying tariffs for air navigation and airport services. This decree of the Rom-anian government, adopted at a meeting on Wednesday, was announced by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Sorin Grindeanu.
“This legislative decision, which we arrived at as a result of consultations between the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Defense, provides for the exemption of military flights carried out by aircraft of NATO member states from paying tariffs for air navigation and airport services without the need to conclude a protocol, bilateral or multilateral agreement between Romania and other NATO member states,” Agerpres quoted him as saying .
Grindeanu specified that this measure was taken in view of the difficulty of ensuring a secure environment on the eastern flank of NATO, and therefore it was necessary to urgently amend the legislation in order to ensure a position of deterrence and defense in the face of a potential aggressor, as well as to strengthen the allied presence on the territory of Romania, agency notes.
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