THE Norwaywhich is not a member of The European Unionannounced today that it will participate in the forthcoming EU sanctions against Russia in its context Ukrainian crisis.
The Nordic country also confirmed the holding of large two-year exercises in its territory in March. NATOwhich should be the largest military exercise of the North Atlantic Alliance this year.
“The situation in Ukraine (…) is at a dramatic level,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gar Stere told reporters in Oslo. “Yesterday was a turning point,” he said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision Monday to recognize the breakaway regions of Ukraine.
Its head Norwegian Government He was due to travel to Brussels today – a long-planned trip – where, he said, he would take part in sanctions imposed by the Twenty-seven on Russia.
“It is important that we react quite decisively to what happened one day ago,” he added. Stere also reiterated that NATO’s Cold Response 2022 exercises, scheduled for the second half of March in Norway, will be held as scheduled.
Nearly 35,000 soldiers from 28 countries are expected to be trained there, in the battle in the very cold.
These military exercises, which take place every two years in the country far enough away from neighboring Russia, were duly announced and Moscow was invited to send observers, Stere said.
No unusual increase in Russian military activity has been detected recently, the Norwegian prime minister has said, close to his country’s territory.
As part of NATO reassurance measures, Norway announced last week that it would send 30 to 60 additional troops to Lithuania, adding to the 140 already under German command.
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