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Source Norwaypost.com
Military analysts believe Russian military forces may be deployed closer to Norwegian territory in the High North, if Russia makes good its threat to break the CFE arms treaty.
The Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty limits the number of key offensive weapons like tanks, artillery and aircraft across the continent, including the territory close to the Norwegian northern border. If Russia puts a moratorium on the CFE treaty, it could have serious consequences also for Norway, says analyst John Kristen Skogan of the Norwegian Institute for Peace Studies.
- This could open for Russia to move new weapons and troops to wherever they chose, Skogan says.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, on the other hand, does not agree that there is such a threat in the north.