- Norway and Russia have good bilateral connections and we face the same challenges in the North, Faremo said after a meeting with Head of the Russian General Staff Army General Nikolay Makarov last week.
Faremo underlined that it is in both countries’ interest to cooperate closely, keep the area stable, protect the environment, keep the fisheries on a sustainable level and take care of other natural resources, the Ministry’s web site reads.
Norwegian and Russian forces will be involved in several joint activities in 2011. The most important is the naval exercise POMOR-2011, which takes place in the Barents- and Norwegian Seas in the period May 7-17.
Norway will also be sending The Royal Guards to take part in the annual military tattoo on the Red Square in Moscow in September, Faremo said.
POMOR-2011starts at the Russian Northern fleet’s main base Severomorsk and ends in Tromsø in northern Norway. Norwegian and Russian forces will train on complex situations, ranging from voyages and communications to joint shooting, boarding operations and interactions with aircrafts, Lieutenant Colonel John Espen Lien, spokesman with the Norwegian Joint Headquarters told the BarentsObserver.
