Recognising the intention of the parties to assess the effective implementation of sofa SUPPLEMENTS and the Defence Cooperation Agreement and, if agreed upon, to update these agreements; Reaffirming its firm willingness to cooperate in order to support, in accordance with the principle of NATO security indivisibility and NATO`s principle of solidarity, NATO`s ability to make missile defence a key mission of the Alliance, with the aim of ensuring full coverage and protection for all European NATO populations, territories and forces and shaping NATO`s central role in missile defence in Europe; Recognising its strong, fruitful and long-standing cooperation under the Defence Cooperation Agreement; Reaffirming that the deployment of ballistic missile defence fighters on Romania`s territory contributes greatly to the establishment and improvement of the US missile defence system, as well as to NATO`s missile defence capability, recognizing its shared vision of a broader and deeper strategic partnership between the United States of America and Romania. , including the development of enhanced mechanisms for political and military consultations to enhance their mutual security under Article 3 of the North Atlantic Treaty, the United States of America and Romania (hereafter referred to as « parties);; Considering that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and delivery systems, including ballistic missiles, poses a serious and growing threat to international peace and security, as well as to the populations, territory and armed forces of the contracting parties, their allies and partners, Aegis Ashore Fact Sheet (. PDF Document, 111 Kb) Agreement between the United States of America and Romania on the use of the U.S. ballistic defense system in Romania (. PDF Document, 302 Kb) Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement Between the United States of America and Romania (. PDF Document, 156 Kb) European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) and NATO Missile Defense (. PDF Document, 233 Kb) Entry into force, duration, cessation and amendment recognizing the importance of cooperation with NATO allies and partners to defend against the ballistic missile threat and that the deployment of US ballistic missile fighters on Romanian territory improves existing security relations between the United States and Romania and contributes to world peace and contributes to world peace , international security and U.S. security. Romania and NATO; The ballistic missile defence system must also recognize the need to unite and intensify their efforts for individual and collective self-defence, to maintain international peace and security, and to further improve their capacity to respond to threats and attacks, including terrorist ones; All classified information provided or produced under this agreement is protected in accordance with the Secret Military Information Agreement, except that classified NATO information is processed in accordance with the NATO Security Agreement.

Aware of its common defence interests and recognising that cooperation in ballistic defence is one of the elements of broader bilateral security cooperation, which should contribute to strengthening the security of the parties; Recognising the implementation of the provisions of the North Atlantic Treaty adopted in Washington on April 4, 1949; the agreement between the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Status of their Armed Forces, reached in London on 19 June 1951 (`NATO SOFA`); the agreement between the United States of America and Romania on the status of U.S. forces in Romania, reached in Washington on 30 October 2001 (hereafter referred to as « additional SOFA »); the agreement between the United States of America and Romania on the activities of US forces established on the territory of Romania, concluded in Bucharest on 6 December 2005 (the so-called « Defence Cooperation Agreement »); agreement reached in Washington on June 21, 1995