1000 square kilometers of territory. since the beginning of the month. ukrainian military said it recaptured an additional 20 north eastern towns and villages in just the past day. as russian troops make a steep retreat. as soon as update at this hour, you can find more on our website at d, w dot comp. i'm glad richardson in berlin from the team here. thanks for watching. ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips one day and view the footsteps. all who read reason. i'm in your northern most count to please ah, for

a time long. but still very much alive. d. w, travel you guy to his essential thoughts in germany, europe, i recognized where exactly it was fun. i learned a lot our culture history. all their d. w. travel extremely worth a visit. ah, ah, i'm now joined by on the conflict felt the norwegian, foreign minister, foreign minister ukraine has been launching quite a successful counter offensive in recent days. how much is no way prepared to deliver to ukraine so that this momentum can actually be seized? prime ministers, narrative wasted jackie of the summer on promise to ukraine for

like 1000000000 euro, which i think will be important. this money goes to weapons, of course, but also to unitarians assistance and also money. so they can buy more gas. so it's important for us to unite with ukraine, and no way we haven't delivered weapon took to confirm the countries in conflict for more than 60 years would change the practice when this war started. like countries like sweden and finland also bits, so they see enormous solidarity with the ukrainian people in no way. we do also have a border tricia. so we know what this neighbor is about. even though they have a different policy up into high north than they have toward the ukraine. so changing this position of actually delivering weapons to crisis area. that is of course, something that you have in common with a country like germany. we've also changed our position here in this country. what

should germany be doing? which weapons should it deliver to ukraine? well, as a purely german decision, les my message ship, but as an overall hughes, i think it has been very important. western countries have been sending weapons to ukraine so they can be able to protect themselves. without those weapons though, would be another game in another situation. ukraine, by some way, also supports ukraine in terms of delivering humanitarian aid. you've come to berlin to discuss the topic of gender issues in foreign policy. so which role do gender issues play in this conflict with russia? we get several reports about how women are affected on the ground. we can see rapes use as a weapon in this war and also other all around the world. so we need to focus very

clearly on the consequences for both men and women in this conflict. and more broadly, perhaps gender issues in foreign policy is something that norway has long advocated for, but it is a topic that not many countries so far have been taking on board that is beginning to change. and why are the scandinavian countries such an exception and what can other countries learn from your country? we have this experience. if we are bringing women to the table in a conflict situation, the, the peace deal tend to last longer is basically because their perspectives are being brought in. we'll see that in several conflicts in the world. we have host dollars between the different groups columbia for like 10 years to get with cuba. there has been very many women and lead delegation. women have been included

around the table as victims. it's also as mediators. so that's absolutely crucial in order to the left piece, still love no way supports multilateralism as an approach to essentially look at solutions for worldwide conflict. now, multilateralism is being tested in the arctic. of course, the melting ice is now bringing more natural resources to the surface and countries like the u. s. and china and russia using this field to pursue their own strategic interest. how uncomfortable is they for norway? well, i think you said general description of the situation that there is more like status full in the arctic. we are trying to do to keep low tension in the height and off. well, we can really see very visible climate change up there. we need to

corporate very strongly with the other artic nation. no way has of course being a nato member from the very start of the alliance. now finland and sweden olson. scandinavia are about to join the alliance. what hopes do you have for them membership? it means a lot to always security because he had been stronger and stronger together with finland and sweden over the last years after 1989. but still the has been, have been limitations due to the fact that they have been neutral and we've been a member of nato. now it's very much easier to build a common defense strategy that will make no with say for the nato alliance has given itself the goal of spending 2 percent of the national budget on defense. now,

what is the discussion in norway right now? do people feel like more is necessary? yeah, we do have a program for strengthening over military press up into high north. we have a great special security policy because we are and based on the area security policy on the charin together with allies. so we host a huge military exercise earlier this spring with house and self soldiers from close allies around europe. and so canada, united states came to the waters and took again that took place in know where the spring. but on the other hand, we also trying to do our mess to keep low pencil. and by doing that, we are balancing the weight and interest of which less food can be drawn from russia's war on ukraine for other crises around the world. we've been in the

security council for almost 2 years now, and we have been able even the situation to find common solutions by working very closely with other countries in the security council. and this is very important that we don't get the spillover effect to all the conflicts. me, some conflicts will be more difficult to solve, but others may be a window opportunity because this conflict, this floor, has global consequences. we conceive increase of food prices increase in energy prices. however, need. we need to maintain the architecture as good as we can with his difficult to work with russian. now of course, when you look at other crises around the world, which all the crises that you have your eye on most,

we are working strongly on the columbia and also venezuela. i am going to trip meeting in a donor group for palestine. when i'm going to new york next week and a new situation in the middle east, where we need to encourage more dialogue between all the countries in that region will also be a priori for no way. so we have been taking part a many talk during the last 30 years. however, we never put pressure on the party. that's not the now we're mobile. but we will be happy if countries or pockets in the conflict would invite no way a mediator in several of these companies here in europe. many people for decades have

relied on the fact that the u. s. would ultimately protect europe and europe. countries don't need to be too active themselves, but we've seen the united states be more and more focused on the in the pacific to what should a country like germany, which is of course, one of europe strongest countries do in terms of protecting europe all. well, that's actually my point when i'm given spacious about the new security that there will be less attention from united states because they have their ice on what's happening in asia and that part of the world. and we need to take many, a core care of our own territories. and germany certainly are stepping up. and we've had a very, very strong corporation with germany during last years based thinking strings. and i think in the or would your country consider joining the european union? there are different opinions on that. in no way. we had one referred them in to

what people wanted know. and then another one in 94 where also the majority of people voted no ongoing debate in the western society. whether we should join or not. i mean, can we said no, we didn't. foreign minister, thank you very much. with

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