Romania's vision about the future of NATO Address by H.E. Teodor Baconschi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly - Bucharest, October 8, 2011 - Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to be with you today in Bucharest on the occasion of the 57th session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. This meeting, scheduled between two important NATO summits, gives us the opportunity to talk about issues of real interest for our Alliance. As we all remember, it was in the context of the 2008 Bucharest Summit and the Summits that followed, when NATO recognized the important role the Parliamentary Assembly has in promoting common principles and values. I strongly believe that preserving national consensus on issues pertaining to NATO remains an important achievement. I would also like to use this opportunity to thank our distinguished Romanian parliamentarians, especially my good friend Sever Voinescu, members of this august body, for the continued support they extend to Romania's involvement in NATO's missions and projects. Soon, the Romanian Parliament will be called upon to ratify the Agreement on the Deployment of the US Ballistic Missile System in Romania recently signed in Washington, which represents a significant step towards enhancing the security of both Romania and the US. As we have previously underlined several times, Romania considers the Missile Defence facilities in our country to be an important contribution to and a part of the future NATO Missile Defence System. We view this not only as a strategic project, but as one dedicated to the future of the Alliance. We are determined to work with other Allies in order to make the MD project one of the main deliverables in the Chicago Summit next year. In this context, the ratification by the Romanian Parliament of the Agreement will allow its entry into force h