Romania has announced the arrival of the initial French Battle Group Forward Presence (BGFP) Operation AIGLE armoured vehicle convoy.
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Press Release, Bucharest, 23 October 2022: The first French military convoy consisting in armoured vehicles in order to complete the technical means of BGFP deployed in Cincu will enter on Sunday, 23 of October, approx. 21.00 hours, in Romania through Nădlac crossing point, Arad county. A second convoy consisting in one Leclerc squadron will enter in Romania during November.
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Battle Group Forward Presence – BGFP – in Romania was established, starting from May, by transforming the allied multinational elements within the NATO Response Force, deployed in our country. Upon France’s proposal to take over the role of framework nation, the French battalion deployed in Romania, considered the spearhead of NATO’s Very High Reaction Force (VJTF), forms the BGFP on the national territory, integrating, on a rotational basis, Belgium and Netherlands troops.
BGFP contributes to increasing the military cooperation of Romania with France and, implicitly, to strengthening the security of the Euro-Atlantic space on the Eastern Flank. The cooperation with the strategic partners and the existence of relevant combat structures on the national territory contributes to increasing the reaction capacity in the context of the war in Ukraine and the crisis in the Black Sea region.
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