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Norway intends to increase support for Ukraine

Norway intends to increase support for Ukraine

The Norwegian government will propose to the parliament to increase support for Ukraine, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said.

"Today I can say that soon we will turn to the Storting (the Norwegian parliament) with a proposal to increase support," Støre said in an interview with the public broadcaster NRK on Saturday.

The Norwegian prime minister will be at a summit convened by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday.

According to Støre, one should not draw a clear conclusion from what happened in Washington during the visit of the Ukrainian delegation.

"Yesterday I heard that he (Volodymyr Zelenskyy) still emphasizes the importance of relations with the United States and wants to find a way forward," the Norwegian prime minister said.

"We have had five or six weeks with Trump as president. I think we still need to work on understanding the consequences of the style, the game and the words that they use," Støre said.

The Norwegian parliament has agreed to spend a total of 35 billion Norwegian kroner ($3.12 billion) on military and civilian support for Ukraine in 2025.

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