Military agreement between Romania, Israel

Romania's defense minister Surin Verdi and the Israeli deputy defense minister Afream Seneh on Monday in Bucharest signed a military cooperation agreement.

The agreement stated to cooperate in the area of weapons production, military media and surveillance of the airspace.

The two officials also discussed projects on the participation of the Israeli army in qualifying the Israeli army.

The Romanian minister said that discussions, dealt in particular with the project of building a center for developing airplanes industry in Brasov, Romania on the ground of the expertise of the Israeli al-Beit company, which had earlier participated in developing Buma helicopters, manufactured at a French license in Brasov as well as warplanes Maige 21 and Maige 29.

The two sides also discussed the cooperation project to producing spare parts for anti-tanks artillery and missiles.

The two sides also discussed the possible participation of Romanian soldiers in the UN peace keeping forces on the borders between Lebanon and Israel.