Celebrations to mark 20 years of Barents cooperation – webcast

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is to host the celebrations in Kirkenes on 3–4 June to mark the 20th anniversary of the Barents cooperation. The Barents cooperation has been important for building confidence and promoting stability in the northernmost areas of Norway. In connection with the celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary, a new Kirkenes Declaration has bee adopted, focusing on economic growth and sound environmental management across borders in the High North.

The cooperation celebrates 20 years. Photo: Aleksandr Bergan, The Barents Secretariat

Espen Barth
Eide

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Heikki Holmås

Heikki Eidsvoll
Holmås

Minister of International Development

Telephone number

Switchboard: 23 95 00 00

Press telephone: 23 95 00 02 (Eide) / 913 95 000 (Holmås)

Visiting and mailing address

7. juniplassen / Victoria Terrasse, Oslo

8114 Dep, 0032 Oslo