Rumsfeld in Romania for Nato defence meeting

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is due to arrive in Romania today to visit an air base used by US troops during the war in Iraq and attend a meeting of Nato defence ministers.

Rumsfeld was to arrive in the Black Sea port city on Constanta to visit the Mihail Kogalniceanu base used by the United States to deploy troops and supplies during the 2003 invasion, Romania’s Defence Ministry said.