Sputnik International
December 3, 2021
In the words of the country’s Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt, it is in Norway’s best interests to take care of its northernmost areas using its own armed forces, as a means of balancing deterrence with reassurance.
Norway’s Labour Party, which came to power earlier this year after nearly a decade of Conservative rule, wants the planes and vessels from allied countries to keep some distance from border areas near Russia in the north, Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt has said.