Norwegian PM voices regional fears about Russian forces

COPENHAGEN – Norway’s prime minister is voicing a Nordic-Baltic regional fear about increased assertiveness by Russian forces.

Prime Minister Erna Solberg said Wednesday at an annual meeting of the five Nordic and three Baltic states, “We cannot have a world where big countries decide what to do with their neighbours.”

But Solberg also noted that Norway, which shares a border with Russia in the Arctic, has a different relationship with Moscow than the Baltic countries that fear their large eastern neighbour.

Solberg says there is “a co-operation” between Norway and Russia in connection with their joint, nearly 200-kilometre- (124 mile-) long border.

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