United States to open diplomatic station in Arctic Norway

The United States will open its northernmost diplomatic station in the Norwegian town of Tromsoe, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a news conference in Norway on Thursday.

Thursday, June 01, 2023 19:47

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Photo: AFP/Getty Image)

"To deepen our own engagement in the high north, I am announcing today the United States will be opening an American presence post in Tromsoe," Blinken told reporters after a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Oslo.

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