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The Russian embassy in Oslo published a Facebook post on Monday night accusing Norway of having damaged the neighborhood relationship between the two countries.
The message was published after Bakke-Jensen in an interview with Nordlys and Klassekampen spoke about the “benefit” of calling nuclear powered submarines to Tønsneshavn for Norway and “very good contact with the eastern neighbor.”
– Unfortunately, the reality is that at the initiative of Norway, military interaction has been frozen. Systematic dialogue at the political level between our countries and relations between special services have been reduced to a minimum. All of Russia’s initiatives to restore cooperation were rejected by the Norwegian government, the embassy writes in its statement.
kids go ahead
The Armed Forces want the US Navy to be able to use a civilian municipal pier in Grøtsund, a mile and a half north of Tromsø city center, for its nuclear-powered submarines. Local Tromsø politicians will primarily use this pier for civilian purposes, Nordlys writes.
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Video: Norwegian fighter jets are drilled with B-1 bombers in Norwegian airspace
“Norway, without opportunity or threat from Russia, enthusiastically assumed the role of NATO outpost on the border with our country. We note the increase in the militarization of Norway, the systematic anti-Russian exercises, the transfer of the presence of large foreign forces on Norwegian territory, in fact, to a permanent base, contrary to the traditional “grassroots policy”, writes the embassy .
“We believe that Norwegian politicians should use their energy and the people’s money to strengthen peace in the north, not to destroy it.”, the embassy writes more.
Great doubts about the independence of Norway
– The relationship is not good now. Such statements emphasize precisely that. The Russians will also claim that they believe that Norwegian security policy is not exclusively determined in Norway. They put some doubts about Norway’s independence and the ability to shape its own policies. says Ingerid M. Opdahl, head of the Russia program at the NRK Department of Defense Studies (IFF).
Video: The Armed Forces mobilized 38 times against Russian fighter jets last year.
