The military base in Romania will house 1,700 military personnel while the one in Bulgaria will be constructed to accommodate 2,500.

According to Bostick the base in Romania was going to be completed in 2009.

The US soldiers in Romania live and work in two main facilities - ‘Mikhail Kogelniceance' Air Base and Babadag Training Area.

The article cites Major Dragos Axinia, a Romanian army spokesman as saying: "We have been waiting 60 years for the Americans to come,"