this momentum can actually be seen prime ministers with the to cave this summer, and promise funding to ukraine for like 1000000000 euro, which i think will be important. this money goes to weapons of course, but also to even to cherry 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 controversy, countries in conflict for more than 60 years. but we've changed 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 open to higher 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 in purely german decision, les my message ship, but as an overall hughes, i think it has been very important that western countries have been sending weapons to your friends so that 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. now 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 worse 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 piece deal tend to last longer is basically because their perspectives are being booked in. we'll see that in several conflicts in the world. we have host to

dialogue between the different groups in 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, where melting ice is now bringing more natural resources to the surface. and countries like the us in china and russia are using this field to pursue their own strategic interest. how uncomfortable is 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 the low tension and the height and off. well, we can really see very visible climate changes up there. we need to corporate very strongly with the other authentic nation no way has of course being a nato member from the very start of the alliance. now finland and sweden also in scandinavia, are about to join the lions. what hopes do you have for them membership? it means a lot to always security because he had been stronger and stronger together with him and sweden over the last years after 989. but still there 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 safer. 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 very special security policy because we're and based on security policy on the churn together with allies. so we host a huge military exercise earlier this spring with house and stuff. soldiers from close allies around europe and also canada. united states came to the waters and took again a took place in in know where the spring but on the other hand, we also trying to do our mess to keep lo penson. and by doing that,

we are balancing the interest of and 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 a spillover effect to all the conflicts. some conflicts will be more difficult to solve, but others may be a window opportunity because this conflict, this floor, has global consequences. we can see increase in food prices increase in energy prices. however, need, we need to maintain the architecture as good as we can with it's difficult to work

with russian. now of course, when you look at other crises around the world, which are the crises that you have your eye on most, we are working strongly on the columbia and also venezuela. i am going to chair 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. well also we f o t for no way. so we have been taking part a many talks during the last 30 years. however, we never put pressure on the party. that's not the now which model. but we will be happy if countries or parks 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 european countries don't need to be too active themselves. but we've seen the united states be more more focused on the in the pacific to what show the country like germany, which is of course, one of europe strongest countries do in terms of protecting europe. well, that's actually my point when i'm given spacious, about the new security that the will be less attention from united states because they have their eyes on what's happening in asia and that part of the world. and we need to take me 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. they sold the spring since

i think in the earth. would your country consider joining the european union? there are different opinions on that. in no way. we had one refresh 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. and the conflict felt no weeds in foreign minister. thank you very much. with

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