A senior Romanian general has been removed from his job after telling the press Romania would provide U.S. forces with bases near the Black Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday. General Valeriu Nicut, head of the strategic planning division for the Romanian general staff, said on Wednesday after an international military conference on security issues that the U.S. would set up two military bases in Romania within one year, according to Reuters. "General Nicut is not the head of the strategic planning division any more, his situation is being assessed and he will be given another job within the army," Defence Ministry spokesman Cristinel Ghiga said. "During Wednesday's press conference, General Nicut had no mandate to speak to the press on the issue of bases," he added. "There is no accord on this issue with the American state." --More 1553 Local Time 1253 GMT
