POLAND-NORWAY/SOLBERG Russia has created "severe crisis" in security policy -- Norwegian PM

Record ID: 278221

  • Title: POLAND-NORWAY/SOLBERG Russia has created "severe crisis" in security policy -- Norwegian PM
  • Date: 17th November 2014
  • Summary: WARSAW, POLAND (NOVEMBER 17, 2014) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF POLISH PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER ERNA SOLBERG ENTERING POLISH PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE VARIOUS OF POLISH PRIME MINISTER EWA KOPACZ WELCOMING SOLBERG VARIOUS OF SOLBERG AND KOPACZ DURING BILATERAL TALKS JOURNALISTS AT NEWS CONFERENCE KOPACZ
  • Embargoed: 2nd December 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Poland
  • Country: Poland
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAD2OQHUCEQ15PPFI7IMB68YCQY
  • Story Text: Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Monday (November 17) said Russia's actions were creating a "severe crisis" in security policy.
    Solberg, who was welcomed to talks in Warsaw with Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, said the countries were working together to see "positive development" in Ukraine.
    "It's important for Norway and Poland to compare notes, to discuss the different aspects that we see of the situation. Russia's illegal annexation of the Crimea and the continuing destabilization in eastern Ukraine, have created a severe crisis on a lot of levels in our security policies. Norway has condemned Russia's actions and we have today here agreed that is particularly interest now to discuss how we can co-ordinate our efforts to bring about positive development in Ukraine and in other parts of the Eastern Partnership," Solberg told journalists.
    "I will continue from Warsaw to Kiev this evening, and meet the president and the prime minister tomorrow and we will discuss Norwegian support package for Ukraine," she added.
    The Western military alliance has recently reported increased levels of Russian military activity in the skies above the Baltic Sea. Last month, Norway scrambled F-16s to track four Russian bombers.
    On Thursday (November 13) the defence ministers of Britain, the three Baltic states and four Nordic countries - NATO members Norway and Denmark and neutral Finland and Sweden - agreed to step up cooperation on intelligence and air force training to counter Moscow's increased activity in northern Europe.
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