Diplomatic relations

Veteran Norwegian diplomat Geir O. Pedersen has assumed his post as the United Nations’ special envoy for Syria. In a tweet, Pedersen said: “The new #UN Special Envoy for #Syria, …

Russia’s international aggression and the situation around Ukraine were among key issues of discussion between U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Søreide. The meeting took …

Bulgaria and Norway are going to work together on joint projects in the Western Balkans in order to urge young people to stay and develop in their home countries, reported the Bulgarian National Radio. This was …

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Ine Eriksen Søreide said Oslo plans to open its Embassy in Tbilisi in the course of 2019. Simultaneously, the Norwegian Embassy in Baku will …

Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen will be the new United Nations Syria envoy, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the U.N. Security Council in a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Diplomats …

Former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Thorvald Stoltenberg passed away in Oslo on Friday. “Thorvald Stoltenberg was a peacemaker, a humanitarian and an internationalist,” said UN High Commissioner for Refugees …

Palestinian Minister of Finance and Planning Shukri Bishara, and Hilde Haraldstad, Representative of the Office of Norway to the Palestinian Authority, Signed an agreement with a total budget of $ …

Many of the challenges the world is now facing can only be addressed through cooperation with other countries. The UN is the most important forum for international cooperation. Norway has …

Norwegian diplomat and former UN’s special envoy to Kosovo, Kai Eide, has slammed the EU for non-liberalization of visas with Kosovo.   According Eide Kosovo deserves more from the EU. …

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’s Opening remarks at press encounter with Foreign Minister of Norway Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide and Prime Minister of Somalia Hassan Ali Khaire on the margins …

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide is hosting the annual Oslo Forum, a meeting place for leaders from all over the world, at Losby Manor outside Oslo on 19 …

In an international context marked by a resurgence in the use of chemical weapons and the Douma attack, France, as chair of the International Partnership against Impunity for the Use …

Hanne Maren Blafjelldal, Norway’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food joined FAO’s International Treaty Secretary, Kent Nnadozie, on a very special field mission in Africa today – to visit farmers’ …

Norway a great friend and ally of the United States! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X-Q-MPgMqk&feature=youtu.be During a news conference with the prime minister of Norway, President Trump offered words of praise for her country. …

Kare R. Aas, Norway’s ambassador to the United States, described the United States as “Norway’s closest ally,” in an interview with VOA. Norwegian Prime Minister (PM) Erna Solberg looks to …

USA President Donald J. Trump will welcome Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway to the White House on January 10, 2018. President Trump looks forward to exchanging views on the …

The Embassy of the United States of America announces the sale of the former U.S. Embassy property at Henrik Ibsens gate 48 to Fredensborg AS marking a new chapter in …

Underscoring that the “unprecedented” progress achieved by human kind over the last decades cannot be taken for granted, Norway called for continued international cooperation to safeguard the achievements and to …

Minister for Foreign Affairs for Norway Borge Brende is in Singapore on a working visit from Tuesday (July 4) to Wednesday (July 5), according to a press release by Singapore’s …

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, inaugurated the new headquarters of the UAE Embassy in Oslo, in the presence of …

The U.S. Embassy in Oslo is pleased to announce that the construction of the new embassy compound is completed and the embassy will be open for business at the new …

A SPECIAL guest joined the Royal Marines’ cold weather training sessions in Norway last week as Rugby MP Mark Pawsey braved the arctic conditions. Training included using military skis, learning …

Polish Parliamentary Speaker Marek Kuchciński opens a two-day visit to Norway on Tuesday, at the invitation of Olemic Thommessen, President of the Norwegian Parliament. The programme of the visit includes …

Serbia maintains good, stable relations with Norway, Serbian Deputy PM and Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said Tuesday, noting Norway was an important partner of Serbia and that bilateral economic cooperation …

Norway congratulated, on Friday, Morocco on its return to the African Union (AU), during the 28th Summit of this pan-African organisation, held recently in Addis Ababa. “Norway has strategic partnership …