According to the general, the force will participate for three months in the NATO Tailored Forward Presence mission in Romania, which aims to “help strengthen the Alliance’s defensive and deterrent position in the Black Sea region.” Armed Forces Headquarters (EMGFA).
“This company of Portuguese Army mechanized riflemen will join the NATO Southeast Multinational Brigade, headquartered in Craiova, Romania, where it will participate in several multinational exercises to ensure readiness and technical-tactical competence, and increase interoperability with other ground by NATO forces, “they said.
93 soldiers, according to the note, will join the “advance detachment of 6 Portuguese army soldiers who are already in the theater of operations.”
“The force, with a total of 99 soldiers, is commanded by Captain Luis Carlos Martins da Silva and consists of a commanding officer, three sniper platoons and a support module,” they add.
The decision to strengthen this presence in Romania was made in June this year, when the Supreme Council of National Defense, meeting at a regular meeting, gave a positive opinion on “minor adjustments” of individual national forces, announced the date of the presidency. Republic.
When asked by Luz at the time about these “adjustments,” the Ministry of National Defense said that “the most recent figures relate to the dispatch of a brigade of up to 100 army soldiers to Romania to reinforce a multinational brigade in the southeast, in Craiova. , a brigade whose mission is to aid containment on the southeastern flank of the Atlantic Alliance. ”
Portugal has been a member of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) since its founding in 1949. The United States of America, Canada, Britain, Germany and Turkey are also part of this political and military alliance.
