Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has stated that providing military bases for F-35 fighter jets to NATO allies could be his country’s contribution to efforts aimed at achieving lasting peace in Ukraine.

According to foreign media, reports the Telegraph, he was asked to clarify the government’s position regarding the request by European leaders to the United States to send F-35 fighter jets to Romania as part of security guarantees for Ukraine.

And Bolojan stressed that since the issue of supporting security guarantees for the establishment of lasting peace in Ukraine was raised, Romania has remained steadfast on at least two points.

The first, he said, is that the country will not send troops to Ukraine.

The second point in discussions with allies was that, given Romania’s NATO membership, its military bases – which are already operated jointly by Romanian and NATO forces, mainly the air force – should be available for use by NATO troops, US forces and other allies.

“Even today, air patrols are being carried out from our airports, air police missions are monitoring the situation in the Black Sea, and joint military exercises are being organized. So, this could be, so to speak, Romania’s contribution to ensuring lasting peace in Ukraine: offering our military bases to NATO allies,” Bolojan was quoted as saying.

Previous media reports indicated that the US is planning to play only a minimal role in any future security guarantees for Ukraine.

US Vice President JD Vance said that European countries should take on the main financial commitments in a future security agreement for Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the media reported that on Wednesday morning, August 20, a meeting of the NATO North Atlantic Council was held at NATO headquarters at the level of ambassadors of member states.

The meeting discussed the results of the negotiations in Washington and the process of preparing security guarantees for Ukraine.

The meeting was held as part of preparations for a roundtable with NATO military leaders (chiefs of general staffs), which took place later that day. /Telegraph/