Norway has improved its NATO contribution to Lithuania and Storting President Masud Gharahkhani will descend on Monday to take a look at Norwegian forces.
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– Last week we obtained a reinforcement staff from the Telemark Battalion who will be a part of the corporation we have in Lithuania. In whole, there are now approx. 200 Norwegian staff members in NATO’s enhanced navy presence in Lithuania, suggests Eirik Østbye Andresen, drive commander for the Norwegian contribution to the VG.
President Storting Masud Gharahkhani (AP) will participate in the meetings with the presidents of the Nordic and Baltic parliaments (NB8) which will fulfill in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas on 22 and 23 August. They will talk about nearer and broader cooperation now that Sweden and Finland are turning into NATO members.
Prior to the NB8 assembly, the president of Storting goes to Rukla to go to the Norwegians the eFP forces. Considering that 2017, Norway has contributed its forces to the NATO existence, which now totals 1,500 forces in Lithuania. VG visited the Norwegian forces in the place in October 2021.
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Extended right until 2023
The eFP was created at the ask for of NATO main Jens Stoltenberg adhering to the Russian annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in 2014. This was a very clear signal to Russia and President Vladimir Putin that NATO’s write-up 5 is applicable: An assault on 1 country is an attack on all.
This summer season extended the contribution of the force of Norway in Lithuania until 2023, due to the war in Ukraine. And past week we sent a reinforcement power from TMBN.
– I am hunting ahead to checking out the Norwegian forces in Lithuania. It is critical for me to say that they engage in an vital purpose in NATO’s existence in the region and that they do exceptionally essential do the job there. They are there to bolster European safety and maintain our democratic values, Gharahkhani informed VG.
–Gharahkhani suggests he will explore NATO and stability plan in meetings with the presidents of the Nordic and Baltic parliaments, but he can not say a lot about the information of the prepared talks.
But the NATO programs of Sweden and Finland are certainly less than discussion.
– There is no doubt that it is critical that Finland and Sweden have make contact with with Norway as a NATO country. We have been obvious that they are welcome as NATO users and Sweden and Finland value our guidance, she says.
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Captain Eirik Østbye Andresen, commander of the force for what the Norwegian eFP says Norwegian forces are largely composed of.
– This is a brigade effort and hard work and we have personnel from 8 out of 9 departments in Brigade North in a cooperative technique, he suggests.
They cooperate closely with other NATO nations around the world and carry out regular exercises, shut to the Belarusian border, with the forces of other international locations.
– Norwegian encounter is needed and our drive has a quite excellent reputation right here and in the alliance, suggests Østbye Andresen.
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