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Nordic countries are keen to strengthen common military and security co-operation (Photo: Wikipedia)

Nordic countries to pool troops and intelligence

by Valentina Pop, Brussels,

The Nordic countries - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland - could pool military forces, maritime monitoring and satellite surveillance, a report commissioned by the five foreign ministers says.

Drafted by former Norwegian foreign minister Thorvald Stoltenberg, the study out on Monday (9 February) puts forward 13 proposals to be endorsed at a Nordic foreign ministers meeting in Reykjavik in April.

"All Nordic ministers welcomed the report," Urdur Gunnarsdottir, press offi...

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