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Geen testvaarten Israëlische onderzeeboten in Noorse wateren
12/10/2010
Het Noorse Ministerie heeft bekend gemaakt dat de beslissing te maken heeft met het Noorse beleid tegen wapenhandel met landen die verwikkeld zijn in een gewapend conflict.
http://www.fvn.no/lokalt/kristiansand/article796134.ece
(in Norwegian, google translate)
The german company HDW of the ThyssenKrupp Corporation has for many years tested military submarines outside the city of Kristiansand in Norway, primarily for NATO member states, but also on several occations Israel.
The company earlier this year applied for permission to test two Israeli submarines (of the same kind that are used in the sea blockade of Gaza) in these waters. Now the Foreign Ministry in Norway has said they will not grant the permission. The official decision is not made public, but the Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr-Støre made it very clear in an interview with state broadcaster NRK that the permission will not be granted due to Norwegian regulation concerning arms trade with "countries engaged in war" (NATO-countries excepted).
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