A Downing Street spokesperson said:
“The Prime Minister welcomed Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas
Støre to Downing Street
today.
“They discussed the security situation in northern Europe and the
Prime Minister updated on his visits to Finland and Sweden this
week. Both leaders underscored their full support for any
sovereign choice made by Nordic partners to enhance their
security. The Prime Minister and Prime Minister Støre agreed that neither NATO nor the
Nordic region posed a threat and that the longstanding policy of
‘High North, low tension’ had created decades of stability and
prosperity for the area.
“In that context, they stressed that Putin’s barbaric invasion of
Ukraine and hostility towards neighbouring states was totally
unjustified and already proving to be a profound miscalculation.
The Prime Minister welcomed Norway’s defensive support to Ukraine
in recent weeks and the leaders agreed to work together to
provide much-needed training and equipment to the Ukrainian Armed
Forces.
“They also agreed on the need for NATO allies to back Ukraine
politically, taking a unified approach that avoids giving Putin
licence to further twist the knife in the wound of Ukraine.
“The leaders discussed the pressing need to increase the supply
of sustainable energy. The Prime Minister stressed the importance
of the UK-Norway relationship on this, and remarked that the sky
was the limit as far as collaboration between our countries on
this issue goes.
“Following their meeting, the Prime Minister and Prime Minister
Støre signed a new Joint
Declaration on the UK-Norway relationship. A declaration which,
Prime Minister Støre
observed, will mean that Norway cooperates more extensively with
the UK than any other country in the world.”
