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STATE DEPT FOR EUR/NCE - WILLIAM SILKWORTH
ALSO FOR EUR/RPM - JAMES WARLICK

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2016
TAGS: KCFE, NATO, PREL, MARR, PARM, RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIA RECEIVED GDPR UPDATE FOR NATO ALLIES AND
REQUEST FOR CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS

REF: SECSTATE 27201

Classified By: A/DCM Mark Wentworth for Reasons 1.4 B and D

1. (S) PolOff delivered reftel to Mirela Maghiar*, MFA Director for NATO Division, and Dan Neculaescu, MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, on February 22. They expressed appreciation for the notification and continuing \"great\" coordination. Neculaescu promised to inform MOD colleagues so that the military would be aware of the request should the topic arise at forums with Greek, Turkish, or Norwegian military officials. Neculaescu will participate in the March 14 HLTF meeting in Brussels. He said that Romania would gladly encourage Athens, Ankara, and Oslo to contribute some of their headroom CFE entitlements to the U.S. should they be approached. Maghiar did, however, question whether those entitlements would be transferred to the U.S. or to Romania. PolOff responded that they would be transferred to the U.S.

2. (S) Neculaescu noted that Romania is \"currently analyzing CFE\" in anticipation of Russian concerns. He said that Russian contacts had complained informally that the U.S. \"did not share enough on this issue\" of usage of Romanian military facilities. Neculaescu said it would be \"useful to coordinate how to handle Russia\'s concerns\" and commented that \"If Ivanoff takes a public stance, we should have a prepared response.\" He suggested that the response should be coordinated at the NATO level. He also noted that Russia has never formally approached Romania for clarification on the military facilities agreement, despite repeatedly making public statements about it.
TAUBMAN

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* In temeiul prevederilor art. 94 lit. a) si ale art. 99 din Constitutia Romaniei, precum si ale art. 4 alin. (1), ale art. 6 lit. A si ale art. 11 din Legea nr. 29/2000 privind sistemul national de decoratii al Romaniei, cu modificarile ulterioare, la propunerea ministrului afacerilor externe, pentru contributia directa si semnificativa in procesul de pregatire a aderarii Romaniei la NATO, cu ocazia invitarii Romaniei de a incepe negocierile de aderare, Presedintele Romaniei decreteaza:
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Art. 2. - Se confera Ordinul national Pentru Merit in grad de Cavaler urmatorilor:
-doamnei Mirela Maghiar, secretar III la Ambasada Romaniei la Washington, Statele Unite ale Americii;