Norwegians fear the Russian troops

Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg assessed on Tuesday that the Nordic-Baltic region there is a fear of the "growing power" of Russian forces, but that the country has a different relationship with Russia than other Baltic countries, the AP reported.

We can not live in a world where great powers decide how to behave toward its neighbors," said Solberg at the annual meeting of the five Nordic and three Baltic countries in Copenhagen, quoted by Tanjug.According to her, Norway and Russia have "good border cooperation". The border between Norway and Russia is 200 kilometers long.Russia has sent a warning Norway that could be the target of a nuclear attack after the Oslo approved the deployment of 330 US Marines in their own territory.

A direct military threat

Ministry of Defense of the United States and Norway have agreed on "further improvement of cooperation" after the American specialized media reported that the Pentagon plans to send a contingent of Marines to their Scandinavian country due to the "Russian threat" and damaged relations between the two major world powers.Klinčević Franc, vice president of the Committee for Defense and Security of Russia, said on Russian television TV2 that the deployment of US Marines to Vaernes, as he said, part of the American game.

He stressed that the Kremlin deploy 330 Marines considered direct military threat, transferred Anatolia."How we react to this? We have never considered Norway a target for our strategic weapons, but if this continues, the Norwegian nation will suffer," said Klinčević.Norway joined NATO in 1949, but with the promise of the then Soviet Union to NATO troops will not be stationed on its territory.

• 2 Nov, 2016
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