Støre has invited Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to Nordland as new NATO members. He needs to boost the problem of joint safety within the northern areas to a political stage, he tells NTB.
– What does this imply for coordination between the defences, with Norway’s maritime perspective and Finland’s and Sweden’s inland perspective, what does it imply for civil infrastructure corresponding to roads and railways to be of use to one another, asks Støre.
He emphasised that protection colleagues already speak so much regarding these subjects, however that it is vital for him to boost it on a political stage.
Ready for assist from the ocean
Støre mustered on Wednesday night on the Coast Guard ship KV Svalbard in Bodø harbor along with the Finnish president and the Swedish prime minister.
– In a disaster, we count on the principle assist to return from the ocean, and we plan for that, Støre informed the press on board the ship.
– We’d like a typical understanding of how we protect peace, stability, order and order on this space.
The three all arrived in Bodø on Thursday night. It’s the first time they meet as a trio following Sweden and Finland turned members of NATO. Now they are going to plan future protection cooperation within the north. The work began with a working dinner within the ship’s hangar.
The trio additionally acquired a tour of the vessel.
Washington neste
The summit takes place over two days. On Thursday, they are going to go to sea once more – on a RIB journey to the Saltstraumen, one of many world’s strongest maelstroms. They will even obtain a secret protection temporary contained in the Norwegian Armed Forces’ operational headquarters at Reitan.
The assembly in Bodø takes place simply three weeks earlier than the NATO summit in Washington, the place Norway has two new neighboring international locations as cooperation companions.
– I’m comfortable that we’re having this assembly earlier than we journey to Washington, the place one of many subjects is command construction.
The selection of Bodø because the assembly place shouldn’t be unintended – the proximity to the ocean, however on the identical time not removed from Sweden, and with the Norwegian Armed Forces’ operational headquarters within the metropolis.
– We stand stronger when our neighbors know the realities, and they’ll get an excellent introduction in the course of the subsequent 24 hours, promised Støre, who will subsequently proceed the assembly past Wednesday night and Thursday.
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2024-06-20 23:51:42
