In a meeting of the Romanian Supreme Defense Council, president Traian Băsescu announced that the request of the USA to use the Kogălniceanu airport and the Constanţa port as transit points to and from Iraq and Afghanistan has been approved. It was also decided that the anti-missile shield would be deployed in the commune of Deveselu, in the county of Olt.

Beyond the strictly military and strategic aspects, from an economic point of view the two decisions may encourage development in the area. The implementation of the anti-missile shield in the former airbase of Deveselu will cost 400 million dollars, and an additional 20 million dollars a year, for keeping the system functional, expenses which will be fully borne by the US, an American official announced. To reassure the inhabitants in the area, the secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu said, in a press conference held in Slatina, that by 2015, the USA will install in Deveselu a missile interception system strictly for defensive purposes, which will have no negative effects on the population, the environment or agricultural harvests. He added that the deployment of this system will involve the stationing of 150 to 200 people, which may increase to 500. The use of the Kogalniceanu Airport and of the port of Constanta by the American troops will also generate economic effects.

The press statement issued by president Traian Basescu says: "There was a meeting which among other things had two topics on the agenda. The first concerned the request of the United States to be allowed to use the Mihail Kogălniceanu Airport and the port of Constanţa as infrastructures for the transit of soldiers and military equipment to Iraq and Afghanistan - you probably know that the United States still have 150,000 soldiers deployed in Iraq -, as well as for transporting soldiers and equipment