Norway To Allow Arms Sales to Ukraine

The Norwegian government has allowed domestic arms makers to export weapons directly to Ukraine, despite a 1959 guideline that advises against funneling Norwegian arms to war zones.

"The Government has … decided to permit direct sales of weapons and defense-related products from Norwegian defense industry to Ukraine," Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said.

Norwegian export control policy, agreed by the parliament in 1959, stipulates that "the main point of view should be that Norway will not allow the sale of arms and ammunition to areas where there is war or the threat of war."