Romania's defence ministry has said the US intends to reduce some of its troops stationed on NATO's eastern flank.

Axar.az reports, citing BBC, between 900 and 1,000 American troops will remain in Romania, Bucharest said - down from 1,700.

The ministry said the decision was expected and that the "resizing" of US forces was a result of the new priorities of the Trump presidential administration.

Defence Minister Ionut Mosteanu stated that his US counterpart Pete Hegseth had recently conveyed to the Europeans that they needed to pay more attention to their own defence and that the US was shifting its attention towards the Indo-Pacific region.