Norway is a key EU ally.

Great talk with Jonas Gahr Støre on our cooperation in energy and climate, reinforced by the 🇪🇺🇳🇴 Green Alliance.

I welcome your new defence plan and strong support for Ukraine.

We also discussed the need to stabilise the situation in the Middle East.

Just published a piece in Al Jazeera English about avoiding double standards in foreign policy, a topical issue sparked by wars in Ukraine & Gaza.🇳🇴most important contribution to peace and stability is to avoid double standards and to ensure that others do so too!aje.io/f9bwm5

Norway regrets that the Security Council did not agree on admitting #Palestine as a full member of the UN.

We would have voted in favour.

Norway is a staunch supporter of Palestine’s right to statehood. The #TwoStateSolution is the only way to durable peace between 🇵🇸 & 🇮🇱.

How can public procurement secure decent working conditions? This was the topic of today's event hosted by Mission of Norway to the EU and Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 🇳🇴🇧🇪
- Public procurement has the potential to be a catalyst for positive social and environmental outcomes, said 🇳🇴 State Secretary Tore O. Nærings&fiskeridep

Proud to announce with Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський in Kyiv today that Norway and Ukraine have concluded negotiations on a bilateral Agreement on Security Assurances.

Norway will #StandWithUkraine , as we have done since Russia's brutal aggression began.

Ukraine must win this war. 🇺🇦🇳🇴

🇳🇴 State Secretary Elisabeth Sæther from Energidepartementet is participating at the 🇪🇺 informal Energy Council chaired by the 🇧🇪 Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten Discussions on advancing sustainable energy infrastructure. Norway has a close cooperation with the EU in the energy field. #EU2024BE

Norwegian State Secretary Gunn Karin Gjul from Digitaliserings- og forvaltningsdepartementet joined discussions on key digital topics:
🌐safe online environment,
🛡️economic security, and
🇪🇺EU's digital infrastructure needs.
At the Informal meeting of Telecom Ministers today. #BE2024EU

Sunny weather at Mission of Norway to the EU today and strong consensus on the importance of the EEA Agreement and a well functioning European financial services market. Thanks to CEO Kjerstin Braathen and her team at Norway’s largest bank DNB for a good exchange #EEA30 #NorwayEU

🇳🇴 Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård at today's informal 🇪🇺meeting of transport ministers.🚆✈️

- The new geopolitical situation and climate change calls for even more attention to maintenance, resilience and military mobility in European and national transport policy, Nygård said.

🇳🇴 State Secretary Eivind Vad Petersson and colleagues from Norway MFA had a productive visit to Brussels today.

They met with European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 and European Commission to discuss security policy and the committed support to Ukraine. #StandwithUkraine 🇺🇦

Photo from the roof terrace on Norway House.

I condemn the destruction of Shifa hospital in #Gaza

Protection of healthcare, wounded and sick is fundamental under international law.

I also condemn the Israeli attack on World Central Kitchen’s aid convoy, killing 7 aid workers
-FM Espen Barth Eide

➡️regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/sta…

- Nature is the foundation of our lives.🍃To tackle the climate crisis we must think about more than only nature-based solutions.
🇳🇴Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen at our event on nature related risks, in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy #GreenAlliance 🇪🇺🇳🇴

Norway condemns Russia’s recent massive missile attacks, including the largest attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Russia’s disregard for human life and suffering is shocking, its violation of Polish air space reckless. We #StandWithUkraine - Espen Barth Eide

We celebrate 30th anniversary of the #EEAagreement at today’s #EUCO . In a more uncertain world, Norway needs a strong relationship with the EU - our by far largest trading partner. We share not only a single market, but common values.

The #EEA , extending the single market to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, has been a remarkable success story since its inception in 1994.

Read the op-ed on #EEA 30 by the PMs of 🇮🇸 🇱🇮🇳🇴Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Daniel Risch & Jonas Gahr Støre in Euractiv

euractiv.com/section/econom…

30 countries.
Half a billion people.
The world’s largest internal market.
#EEA

🇳🇴Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is invited to the European Council #EUCO in Brussels today to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the #EEAagreement 🇪🇺🇳🇴🇮🇸 🇱🇮.

Follow the statements at the live stream from the meeting at 9.40
video.consilium.europa.eu/home/en

🆕 Bringing 🇪🇺🇳🇴 cooperation to another level, making it truly strategic in 2 areas of vital importance – #batteries and land-based #rawmaterials .

➡️ Business and R&I opportunities, boosting our industrial base and our political bond.

🖋️ With Jan Christian Vestre

ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

📣Remember to register to our breakfast event on Monday 25 March, in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy.
Join the discussion of nature-related risks to opportunities, & the 'business case' for nature🌍

Register now:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-nature-…

Or join us online 💻us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

- The devastation in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, and beyond underscores the urgent need for the #EWIPA declaration. We must work together to ensure that civilians are better protected, said State Secretary Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik at the European Humanitarian Forum today. 🌍 #EHF2024