Norway consolidate their defence.

The government announced on Friday that it would release more than 300 million additional euros this year for the army.

In particular, Oslo wants to strengthen its military presence in the Far North near the border with Russia, following the invasion of Ukraine.

"Even if a Russian attack on Norway is not likely, it must be realized that we have a neighbor to the east which has become more dangerous and more unpredictable," said the Norwegian Defense Minister, Odd Roger Enoksen, during a press conference.

Nearly 200 km of border with Russia

The envelope will be used to increase the presence of the navy in the North, intensify the training of the active army and the reserve, increase the stocks of ammunition, fuel and other critical equipment, improve the reception facilities for allied troops and strengthen cyber defense and intelligence.

Guardian of NATO's northern borders in Europe, the Nordic country shares 196 kilometers of land border with Russia in the Arctic as well as a huge maritime border in the Barents Sea.

"We need to increase our presence in the Far North", underlined Odd Roger Enoksen.

“Cold Response”

"Russia has significant security interests in our neighborhood and the High North also has strong economic importance for Russia," he said.

Important naval, air and land maneuvers are currently taking place in Norway with the participation of some 30,000 soldiers from 27 countries, NATO members or Alliance partners (Sweden and Finland).

Exercise Cold Response 2022 is specifically aimed at testing Norway's ability to receive Allied reinforcements in the event of external aggression, in accordance with Article 5 of the Alliance Charter which obliges all its members to come to the aid of one of their own in case of attack.

It also allows Allied troops to harden themselves in combat in extreme cold.

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