Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storr believes that it is imperative to maintain a communication channel with the Russian leadership. "In the times we live in, the situation cannot be such that only the Americans have a communication channel with the Russian leadership. And we, as neighboring countries, are responsible for our own interests, and that's what I and [Finnish President Alexander] Staab preferred today," NRK TV channel quoted Storr as saying.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storr believes that it is imperative to maintain a communication channel with the Russian leadership. "In the times we live in, the situation cannot be such that only the Americans have a communication channel with the Russian leadership. And we, as neighboring countries, are responsible for our own interests, and that's what I and [Finnish President Alexander] Staab preferred today," NRK TV channel quoted Storr as saying.