ROMANIA: NATO OBSERVERS WATCH ROMANIAN MILITARY EXERCISES UNDER THE +PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE+ AGREEMENT

Record ID: 646324

  • Title: ROMANIA: NATO OBSERVERS WATCH ROMANIAN MILITARY EXERCISES UNDER THE +PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE+ AGREEMENT
  • Date: 30th September 1994
  • Summary: TRANSYLVANIA, ROMANIA (SEPTEMBER 30 AND OCTOBER 1, 1994) (REUTERS TELEVISION - ACCESS ALL) (SEPTEMBER 30) 1. GVS ROMANIAN HELICOPTERS FIRING ROCKETS AT GROUND TARGETS 0.10 2. GV ROMANIAN FIGHTER PLANE FIRING ROCKETS 0.17 3. GV ROMANIAN MILITARY AND NATO OBSERVERS IN TENT 0.22 4. SCU ROMANIAN DEFENCE MINISTER GHEORGHE TINCA, ROMANIAN GENERAL PAUL CHELER AND FOREIGN OBSERVERS WATCH WAR GAMES FROM TENT 0.24 5. GV HELICOPTER HOVERING 0.31 (OCTOBER 1, 1994) 6. GVS ANTI-TANK ROCKET LAUNCHER FIRING/ROCKET IN FLIGHT/ ROCKET HITS TARGET 0.45 7. REAR VIEW TANK COMMANDER WATCHING BATTLE 0.49 8. GVS TANK MOVES OFF/ ARMOURED CAR MOVES OFF 1.04 9. GV TANKS ACROSS BATTLEFIELD 1.06 10. CUS/GVS OFFICIALS AND OBSERVERS WATCH GAMES 1.23 11. CU OBSERVER'S IDENTIFICATION CARD 1.26 12. GV ROMANIAN OFFICER AND SOLDIERS 1.30 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 15th October 1994 13:00
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  • Location: TRANSYLVANIA, ROMANIA
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  • Country: Romania
  • Reuters ID: LVA7GUST3B3B2A3OGI2C1NQ6MS3Y
  • Story Text: Military aircraft rehearsals on Friday (September 30) for two-days of wargames were watched by NATO observers in Romania who would have been treated as enemies in Cold War days.

    Romanian Defence Minister Gheorghe Tinca and Romanian general Paul Cheler played host to the group of observers, which included United States personnel.

    This military co-operation was the result of a standing "Partnership for Peace" agreement signed between Romania and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Under the agreement -- the first signed by a communist country -- Romania must allow NATO members to observe its exercises.

    The rehearsals were a warm-up for the weekend. On Saturday (October 1), tanks rolled across the Transylvanian countryside while armoured infantry repelled the mock attack.

    A U.S. military observer commented it was a very professional display of force.


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