Norway calls on NATO to stay away from its border with Russia

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Press TV: Norway, a NATO member, has called on the US-led military alliance to stay away from its border area near Russia, saying the country’s own armed forces will take care of the strategic region.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said on Friday that Oslo wanted the planes and vessels from NATO allied countries to keep some distance from the country’s northernmost areas.

“It is important for Norway to be militarily present in our immediate surroundings. But very close to the Russian border, we believe that we do it best ourselves, with Norwegian planes and Norwegian frigates. It is fundamental for us,” she told Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang.

Huitfeldt said that she sought dialog with the United States and Britain about the presence of their vessels and aircraft in the border area.



“It is in Norway’s interest to take care of these areas on its own, with the Norwegian defense,” she added.

Norwegian analyst Tormod Heier also said that NATO military presence near the Norwegian-Russian border area did not necessarily increase the nation’s security. “Norway is becoming more exposed. At the same time, it is fully dependent on American assistance in case of a crisis situation,” he told Norwegian news outlet High North News.

“The USA considers Russia a strategic competitor. Norway does not consider Russia a strategic competitor, but rather as a legitimate and natural cooperation partner in the same area in which the Americans want to deter Russia,” he said. “This means that Norwegian and American interests don’t always coincide.”

US military activities in Norway and its neighborhood have increased over the past few years.

Concerns are recently growing over a possible military conflict near the Russian border, as the West accuses Moscow of planning a military invasion against Ukraine and increases military activities in the region to support Kiev.

The Kremlin has repeatedly denied that Russia plans to invade Ukraine and sees NATO support for the country as a threat on Russia’s western border.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. Good for Norway, rest of NATO countries need to follow their example.
    from article:
    “The USA considers Russia a strategic competitor. Norway does not consider Russia a strategic competitor, but rather as a legitimate and natural cooperation partner in the same area in which the Americans want to deter Russia,”

  2. There is no legitimate reason for the USA to become involved in a war with Russia over Ukraine. We are exactly in the position we were in August of 2001 with Afghanistan, yet less than a month later, fully 80% of Americans supported the invasion. It doesn’t help that we have the most brainwashed population on the planet. We believe anything the Zionist-controlled MSM tells us to believe.

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