The announcement was made by President Traian Basescu after a CSAT meeting.
In May, Basescu said CSAT allowed the USA to use the Mihail Kogalniceanu airport and Constanta harbor for the transport of troops and arms to and from Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as from Iraq to Europe.
Basescu added at that time the U.S. will also be allowed to temporarily station four refueling planes and four C17 transport planes on the Mihail Kogalniceanu airport.