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Biannual address to the Storting on important EU and EEA matters
17/11/2022 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt gave this address on important EU and EEA matters to the Storting 17 November.
By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt The Storting, 17 November
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Urgent action is needed to keep the 1.5-degree target alive
08/11/2022 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterLadies and gentlemen, Urgent action is needed to keep the 1.5-degree target alive. Norway is stepping up its efforts. I am pleased to announce that we have submitted an enhanced climate target under the Paris Agreement. We will reduce emissions by
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Opening remarks by the Prime Minister at The High North Dialogue conference in Bodø
19/04/2023 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterThe first pillar of Norway’s Arctic policy is the green transition, absolutely key. I see this as an opportunity, a game changer, we are moving from the age of petroleum production to renewable energy production. A lot of that will happen in the
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre The High North Dialogue conference at the High North Centre
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Prime Minister's speech at the Leangkollen Security Conference
06/02/2023 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterLadies and gentlemen, friends. We are approaching the tragic one-year milestone of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. One year of war in Europe, thousands of thousands of lives lost. One year of destruction on a scale not seen since World War II.
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Leangkongen, Asker
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Address at the Oslo Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean
07/02/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsForeign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt held this speech when she opened the first regional Oslo Forum in Latin America and the Caribbean.
By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt Mexico city, 7 February
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The North Seas can be the world’s biggest power plant
23/04/2023 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterOp-ed in POLITICO by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Belgium), Prime Minister Mark Rutte (The Netherlands), Prime Minister Xavier Bettel (Luxembourg), President Emmanuel Macron (France), Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Germany), Prime Minister Leo
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre POLITICO
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Norway and the Oceans. Speech given by the Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
25/07/2023 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterLadies and gentlemen. I could reel off a long greeting list here. But I will consolidate and say: Dear friends of the ocean, It is a great pleasure and honour to welcome you to One Ocean Week and to this One Ocean Conference being held at the
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre The Government’s One Ocean Conference in Bergen, 17 April 2023.
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Minister Huitfeldt’s address to ambassadors
16/05/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsAddress at a breakfast meeting hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for ambassadors to Norway, 16 May 2023.
By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt Hotel Continental, Oslo
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Informal Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Oslo: Speech by Prime Minister Støre at the Memorial Event for the 22 July 2011 Acts of Terrorism
31/05/2023 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterThe most important safeguards are to be found within each and every one of us - individually, and as communities. Our resistance - individually, collectively - to intolerance, hatred and extremism - and our support for equality, diversity and human
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Statement at “Defending the Human Rights Defenders”
16/05/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt's statement at the breakfast-meeting “Defending the Human Rights Defenders” hosted by the Nobel Peace Center May 16, 2023.
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Remarks by Prime Minister Støre at the 2nd North Sea Summit in Ostend
24/04/2023 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterThank you, Alexander [De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium], it is good to be ‘the new kid on the block’ with my friends around the North Sea, the emerging, biggest energy region, potentially, in the world. Norway is, as you said, the largest provider
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Ostend, Belgium
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Press briefing by Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt
31/05/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsPress briefing by Minister Huitfeldt held May 31 before NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Oslo.
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The Prime Minister´s address to the Storting about Ukraine
02/02/2023 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterMr President, we are approaching the one-year anniversary of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. A year of unrelenting war and war crimes, destruction and death on a scale that we have not seen on our continent since World War II.
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Arendalsuka: Bridging a fragmented world – the view from Norway
14/08/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsOpening speech at the session “Global Outlook”.
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Arendalsuka: Opportunities for Norway in India
14/08/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign Affairs“Already, more than 120 Norwegian companies are active in India. The value of our bilateral trade has doubled over the last two years. We have a strong foundation for future cooperation, but there are ample opportunities to do more”, Foreign
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Introduction and conclusion at the launch of the multi-year Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine
16/02/2023 Speech/statement Office of the Prime MinisterPresident Zelensky, President of the Storting, Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this historic session. Mr President, it is an honour to have you with us again, on the screen here in the Norwegian parliament.
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Opening Speech at Berlin Security Conference
30/11/2022 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign Affairs'Our security environment has changed dramatically over the past year. We have taken unprecedented actions to adjust and support Ukraine', State Secretary Eivind Vad Petersson said in his opening speech at the conference..
By State Secretary Eivind Vad Petersson Berlin, 30 November
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The Prime Minister's statement at the joint press conference in Kyiv after the talks with Ukraine’s president
25/08/2025 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister'We are now investing in Ukrainian industry. We will use this visit also to take that investment forward, so that the most effective way of producing military equipment that can be, is what you do according to your needs,' said Prime Minister Jonas
By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Kyiv
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Minister Eide's remarks at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Malta
06/12/2024 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Espen Barth Eide’s remarks at the Ministerial Council in Ta'Qali, Malta, 5 December.
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Ensuring collective action for human rights and justice in Sudan
23/09/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign AffairsForeign Minister Huitfeldt's statement at the UN General Assembly high-level side event on Sudan, Thursday 21 September in New York.