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NATO Must Keep Presence on All Flanks, Norway's Defense Minister Says
(Bloomberg) — NATO must avoid any retrenchment along the flanks of the military bloc to maintain credible deterrence against Russian aggression at the time when the US is focused on the war in the Middle East, according to the Norwegian defense minister.
This is reported by Bloomberg.” Now it is more important than ever that we are present here, when the Americans focus their attention on other issues,” Sandwick said. According to him, the countries of the Alliance must provide deterrence to the Russian Federation, in particular on the northern and eastern flanks. A special role in this is played by the Arctic, where Norway borders Russia and monitors the activity of its Northern Fleet.Read also…
Norwegian Defence Minister Tore Onshuus Sandwick stated that NATO should avoid any reduction in the presence on the flanks of the military bloc in order to maintain a reliable deterrent to Russian aggression at a time when the US is focused on the war in the Middle East, and he stressed that the visibility of the Norwegian armed forces in the Arctic and other neighborhood areas is critical, Bloomberg writes. "The importance of our presence here …
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