Norway’s Interests Align With US in Arctic, Defense Chief Says

Tore O Sandvik in Oslo, on March 27.Photographer: Naina Helen Jama/Bloomberg
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Norway’s military cooperation with the US in the Arctic remains close despite mixed messages from Washington, the Nordic country’s defense minister said Thursday.

Russia’s nuclear fleet based on the Kola Peninsula sails past Norway’s coastline on its way to the eastern seaboard and can pose a “a huge threat” to the US, Tore O. Sandvik told Bloomberg in an interview in Oslo.