Protests rise over hotel quarantine
May 12, 2021
Complaints about Norway’s new hotel quarantine rules continue to pour in. They’re supposed to apply to everyone arriving from outside the EU and Schengen areas, but defense personnel, as many as 2,000 foreign service employees, their familes and the diplomatic corps in Oslo are exempt. Both legal and medical experts are now raising objections.
Several hotels located around Norway’s gateway airport OSL Gardermoen, including this one, have been or are being used to quarantine most everyone arriving from outside the EU and Schengen areas. PHOTO: Nordic Choice Hotels
Members of the international diplomatic corps stationed at their countries’ embassies or consulates in Norway have always enjoyed special privileges. They don’t have to spend 10 days in a quarantine hotel after arriving in Norway, nor do Norwegian diplomats. The government argues that those working for the Norwegian Foreign Ministry abroad, along with members o
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Ambassador Ghafoorzai met Virtually with Mr. Mattis Raustøl, Head of Section for South Asia and Afghanistan, Norwegian MFA
On April 19th, 2021, Ambassador Ghafoorzai had a virtual meeting with Mr. Mattis Raustøl, Director of Afghanistan and South Asia Dept. at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry in which they discussed the recent US and NATO decision for withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Afghan peace process, including the forth-coming Istanbul Conference, and the international community’s role in the process of achieving a peaceful, dignified, independent and democratic Afghanistan.
On the occasion, Ambassador Ghafoorzai hailed the important partnership between Afghanistan and Norway. Norway’s contributions in various sectors, including security for which Norwegian forces courageously served and sacrificed as part of the former NATO-ISAF and current Resolute Support Mission. Norway played a key role in the development of the elite “Crisis Response Unit” or CRU-222 contingent.