Norway will come under France's nuclear umbrella, says PM Stoere

Norway will come under France's

nuclear umbrella, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told news

agency NTB on Wednesday, as concerns grow in Europe over U.S.

commitment to the region's security.

The move by Norway is significant as it has long been a

so-called Atlanticist nation, one which believed its security

was best achieved via close alignment with Washington.



Stoere travelled to Paris on Wednesday afternoon to meet

President Emmanuel Macron and sign a new defence agreement with

France, which includes Norway joining a French-led nuclear

weapons initiative.

"We are doing this in light of the security policy situation in

Europe, including Russia's massive rearmament, also in the

nuclear domain, and that it is waging a full-scale war against

another European country," Stoere told Norwegian news agency

NTB.

No nuclear weapons will be deployed in Norway in peacetime, he

added.