in northern norway, and they re going to begin this month, the biggest since the end of the cold war. i wanted to put to you what professor rasmus bertelsen from the university of tromso in norway says. he says, conducting such a big military exercise in northern norway now in light of the horrible situation in eastern europe is rather risky . so, despite all this, you still believe that you should engage in dialogue with russia. i have to say russia has observer status over these exercises, but it s not attending this time round. but you think that s a good principle, to maintain this open dialogue, as it were, with russia? you know, there s not much dialogue with russia. i was foreign minister for seven years of norway, and i negotiated with russia a delimitation line in the barents and arctic sea. those were very detailed negotiations and led to a very modern treaty securing peace and order in the north, then we had dialogue.
going to begin this month, the biggest since the end of the cold war. i wanted to put to you what professor rasmus bertelsen from the university of tromso in norway says. he says, conducting such a big military exercise in northern norway now in light of the horrible situation in eastern europe is rather risky . so, despite all this, you still believe that you should engage in dialogue with russia. i have to say russia has observer status over these exercises, but it s not attending this time round. but you think that s a good principle, to maintain this open dialogue, as it were, with russia? you know, there s not much dialogue with russia. i was foreign minister for seven years of norway and i negotiated with russia a delimitation line in the barents and arctic sea. those were very detailed negotiations and led to a very modern treaty securing peace and order in the north. then we have dialogue. that was another window of opportunity around 2010.