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Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen visited the U.S. 5 – 9 Sept. The programme included visits to Norfolk, Washington DC and New York. Read more

Remarks by State Secretary Espen Barth Eide Read more

Ambassador Kim Traavik took up his duties as Norway's ambassador to the North Atlantic Council on 1 September. He participated in the Council visit to Afghanistan this week and has first day of work at NATO Headquarters today. Ambassador Traavik was Deputy Foreign Minister from 2001 till 2005. He has also previously served at the Norwegian Delegation to NATO in addition to a number of other pos... Read more

Norwegian concern over North Korean missile tests “It is highly regrettable that North Korea has once again chosen to conduct missile tests. This further escalates tension in the region and is therefore a worrying development,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. This is the first North Korean test launch since 1998. Norway has supported international efforts to persuade North Korea to refr... Read more

Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre International Symposium on the Minimisation of HEU (High-Enriched Uranium) in the Civilian Nuclear Sector Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo, 19 June 2006 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Introduction. Welcome It is a pleasure to welcome you all to Oslo, and it is a privilege for the Norwegian Government to host this symposium in cooperation with the Intern... Read more

The four Norwegian F-16s left Kabul International Airport Friday 12 May after three months on duty in Afghanistan. Read more

KNM Fridtjof Nansen, the Armed Forces’ new pride, received a welcome worthy of a king when it sailed into Oslo on 2 June. – An important day for the Navy, the Armed Forces and Norway, says Chief of Defence Sverre Diesen. Read more

State Secretary Espen Barth Eide, Ministry of Defence, Norway. The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, 29 May 2006. Read more

On Wednesday 5 April the Norwegian Navy received the frigate Fridtjof Nansen from the Spanish shipbuilding yard Navantia. – An historic day for Norway as a nation, for the Armed Forces in general and especially for the Navy, says Rear Admiral Jan Erik Finseth. Read more

The Norwegian Government has today decided to continue participation in the Joint Strike Fighter programme. The decision came after Lockheed Martin presented an improved package for Norwegian industry. So far potential contracts of up to 20 billion NOK have been identified. The agreement entails that the Norwegian Government will contribute 114 million NOK to the JSF programme, in addition to t... Read more

The Committee met with the Assistant Secretaries General for Political Affairs, Ambassador Martin Erdmann, for Defence Policy and Planning, Mr. John Colston and for Operations, Ambassador Adam Kobieracki. They also had meetings with Ambassadors. Discussions focused on key topics for the Riga Summit in November 2006, in particular NATO operations and political and military transformation. Read more

Partner nations involved in the Joint Strike Fighter development programme met on March 7 in Noordwijk to discuss JSF cooperation in a European framework. The starting point for this meeting is the situation that would arise if the partner nations were to decide at the end of 2006 to participate in the production, sustainment and follow-on development programme of the JSF. Read more

Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen’s address to the Oslo Military Society, 9 January 2006. Read more

On 22 March the Norwegian Ambassador to NATO, Kai Eide, met in Brussels with Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski, who was on a one-day visit from Skopje. They discussed questions related to the future status process in Kosovo. In particular the discussion centred on the demarcation of the border to Kosovo. Ambassador Eide had discussed the same topic with Kosovo’s Prime Minister Agim Ceku earlier in... Read more

On 22 March Ambassador Kai Eide met with the recently appointed Prime Minister of Kosovo Agim Ceku during the visit of Mr. Ceku to Brussels. Ambassador Eide congratulated Prime Minister Ceku on his appointment. The meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere and Ambassador Eide expressed his hope that the parties to the future status negotiations would move forward quickly on key issues, in part... Read more