Romania has acquired 18 Bayraktar TB2 combat drones, Türkiye’s ambassador to Bucharest announced on Wednesday, as the NATO outpost seeks to modernize its army, Trend reports citing Al Arabiya.
“Romania, a friend, Black Sea neighbor and NATO ally is adding Bayraktar TB2... to its inventory,” Turkish diplomat Ozgur Kivanc Altan wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the Romanian defense ministry confirmed the information to AFP.
Romania’s government, which launched the procedure for the acquisition of 18 unmanned combat aerial vehicles in September 2022, signed a contract worth 321 million dollars with Türkiye’s Baykar company.
The drones are to be used by the country’s land forces.