Norwegian Foreign Minister: the country does not violate the Svalbard treaty by blocking cargo

It is reported by TASS with reference to Agence France-Presse.

“Norway does not violate the Svalbard Treaty,” the minister stressed. 

On June 28, Norway rejected Russia's application for the passage of goods for Russian settlements on Svalbard through the only checkpoint on the Russian-Norwegian border "Storskog".

Russian Consul General in Svalbard Sergei Gushchin, commenting on Norway's refusal to allow cargo to pass for Russian settlements, suggested that the Norwegian authorities had not thought through all the consequences of this step.