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Norway and Ukraine pen security accord

Norway said on Monday that it has struck a security accord with Ukraine as it fights off the invasion by their mutual neighbour Russia.

Published: 16 April 2024 08:04 CEST
Pictured is Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (R) shakes hands with Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (L)
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (R) shakes hands with Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (L) during a joint press conference following their talks in Kyiv on April 15, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

“Norway will be providing long-term military, political, financial, and humanitarian support to Ukraine,” Norway Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said after meeting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

“The agreement demonstrates our clear political commitment to continue to stand by Ukraine, as we have done since Russia’s brutal, full-scale attack over two years ago,” he added in a statement.

He said the deal will be signed and made public during Zelensky’s next meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Its date has yet to be announced.

Ukraine is seeking to bolster ties with its allies and appealing to them for arms and munitions as it struggles to fend off Russia’s advance.

It has signed bilateral agreements with several other countries including Britain, France and Germany.

Norway has promised 75 billion kroner ($6.9 billion) in civil and military aid to Ukraine from 2023 to 2027.

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UKRAINE

Norway accelerating Ukraine aid

Norway's Prime Minister said Tuesday his country would accelerate its military and civilian aid for Ukraine for this year by seven billion kroner to a total of 22 billion kroner (£2 billion).

Published: 1 May 2024 08:46 CEST
Norway accelerating Ukraine aid

The additional funds will be brought forward from a 75 billion kroner package the Scandinavian country has pledged to Ukraine covering 2023 to 2027 for military and civilian aid, which remains unchanged.

“It’s a matter of life and death for the people of Ukraine”, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told a press conference.

“It is also a question of security and stability in Europe, and therefore also for Norway”, he said following a meeting with opposition leaders to secure a broad consensus on the aid.

Of the seven billion brought forward, six will go military aid, primarily anti-air defence and ammunition — which are desperately needed by Ukraine as it faces a Russian offensive in the east.

Norway will contribute to the financing of German and Czech initiatives in these two areas, Store said, while stressing that Russia was deliberately bombing “hospitals, residential areas and power stations”.

Of the 75 billion package dedicated to Ukraine, Norway will have used some 39.5 billion kroner by the end of 2024.

Norway — a major oil and gas producer that has benefited greatly from surging prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — is one of the main contributors to Ukraine, according to a ranking by the Kiel Institute.

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