### [2026-06-20](/feed/2026/06/20/index.md)

##### Turkey
# Turkey exports a warship to Romania, a NATO and European Union member country, for the first time in its history. 




### Sources:

1. [TRT World](https://www.trtworld.com/article/951a3f425290)

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