The five Nordic countries have agreed on a Nordic declaration of solidarity to meet challenges particularly in the foreign and security policy area. - This is yet another building block in our Nordic cooperation. says Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
- This political declaration must now be translated into concrete measures, for example by building up a Nordic resource network against cyber attacks, said Mr Støre.
This is particularly relevant in the face of potential risks, including natural and man-made disasters, cyber attacks and terrorist attacks.
In the declaration, the five countries state that: “Should a Nordic country be affected, the others will, upon request from that country, assist with relevant means.” Further, this enhanced Nordic cooperation will be in keeping with each individual country’s security and defence policy, and will complement existing European and Euro-Atlantic cooperation.
The idea of a Nordic declaration of solidarity was first put forward by Thorvald Stoltenberg in a report to the Nordic foreign ministers in February 2009. In this report, he proposed that the Nordic countries should make a mutually binding declaration of solidarity.
(NRK/Press release)
