Washington has informed bloc members it is shifting its focus to Asia, Romania’s Ionut Mosteanu has said

The United States is scaling back its military presence in Europe as part of a broader strategy shift, Romania’s defense minister announced on Wednesday.

European NATO members were informed that the US will focus on the Indo-Pacific region, Ionut Mosteanu said during a press conference.

The minister said Bucharest learned of the US decision on Monday, but it was not a “disaster” for the Eastern European nation’s security. The Pentagon is to pull out roughly half of the 2,000 troops it currently has in Romania. The unit affected by the change…

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