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Germany and Norway Plan Closer Defence Cooperation Amid Wider Bilateral Security Push
GERMANY, JUL 22 – Germany and Norway plan a bilateral defense treaty and enhanced protection of critical underwater infrastructure amid NATO's push to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP, officials said.
- On Monday, Germany and Norway agreed to strengthen monitoring of threats in the northern Atlantic amid high tensions with Russia over the Ukraine war.
- After NATO's pledge to raise defense spending to five percent of GDP, prompted by the ongoing war in Ukraine and Russia's threat, Germany and Norway agree on increased Atlantic surveillance.
- They train and patrol the seas together, cooperating under NATO's Regional Plans.
- In Berlin that evening, they announced drawing up a bilateral defence treaty, marking the latest security pact between European countries.
- Their defence ministers urged NATO to strengthen underwater infrastructure protection, citing sabotage concerns attributed to Russia and China in recent months.
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Germany and Norway plan closer defence cooperation amid wider bilateral security push
The planned treaty comes after mutual defence agreements between Germany, France, Britain, and the EU, amid threats from Russia and America’s withdrawal from Europe's security architecture.
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