Romanian defense minister resigns pressured after Ukraine comment

Bucharest, SANA – Romanian Defense Minister Vasile Dincu resigned on Monday.

Dincu said that he could not collaborate with the country’s president, amid pressure weeks after he said Ukraine’s only chance to end the war was to negotiate with Russia.

European Union and NATO state Romania shares a 650-kilometre (400 mile) border with Ukraine, is host to a U.S. ballistic missile defense system and, as of this year, has had a permanent alliance battlegroup stationed on its territory.