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Norway is set to release more than €300 million this year to bolster its military presence in the far north near the border with Russia. That has been announced.
“Also, a Russian attack on Norway is not likely, yet we must have a neighbor in the east that has become more dangerous and unpredictable,” Norway’s Odd Minister Roger Enoksen said at a nuclear meeting.
It will be used to increase the naval presence in the north, increase training for army active and reserve, increase fuel and other essentials, improve package facilities for troop reception, and cyber defense and intelligence services.
As guardian of NATO’s borders in Europe, Norway shares 196 kilometers of land border with Russia in the Arctic and a huge sea border in the Barents Sea.
“We need to increase our presence in the far north,” Enoksen said. “Russia has important importance for Russia,” he said.
major naval, air and land maneuvers take place in Norway from some 30,000 soldiers participating countries, both NATO members and alliance partners (Sweden and Finland).
Exercise “Cold Response 2022” is intended to test Norway’s ability to receive reinforcements in the event of external force, written Article 5 of the Alliance’s Charter, which requires all members to call one of them in the event of an attack. shoot help.
It also allows military troops to practice for combat in cold weather.