German chancellor meets Norwegian prime minister for joint initiative to protect underwater infrastructure
The CCTV news client reported that German Federal Chancellor Scholz met with Norwegian Prime Minister Stöhler on a visit to the capital Berlin on Nov. 30 local time. The two sides agreed to jointly protect critical infrastructure and jointly proposed to the NATO Secretary General to establish a coordination center for the protection of submarine infrastructure.
The two sides have agreed to jointly protect key infrastructure such as submarine pipelines, cables and fiber optics. The two sides said that the damage to the “Beixi-1” and “Beixi-2” gas pipelines demonstrates that there are still high risks, and that good, continuous and pragmatic cooperation between the stakeholders must be rapidly International coordination to protect critical infrastructure .
Furthermore, Scholz said that Germany must cooperate with Norway in terms of energy transition and containing energy prices to find solutions together. The two sides also exchanged views on national defense and security issues.
