Nikolay Korchunov suggested that "some progress on this front might occur if supporters of European integration succeed in the upcoming referendum in Iceland"
"Northern European countries have seen an increase in the number of US military bases and NATO command centers," Nikolay Korchunov stressed
Nikolay Korchunov emphasized that Russia threatens no one and is not interested in an armed or hybrid confrontation with Norway or any other NATO country
According to Nikolay Korchunov, the Norwegian army "expectedly denied it," and local experts "saw an element of information warfare and 'an alarming' tightening of Moscow's rhetoric against Oslo in this publication"
Nikolay Korchunov recalled that not so long ago, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic "for no reason at all suggested that US President Donald Trump pay attention to the Norwegian archipelago instead of Greenland"
Nikolay Korchunov emphasized that NATO countries have repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to restrict the freedom of commercial navigation by their illegal actions in violation of fundamental norms of international law
