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State Secretary (Deputy Minister) in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Torgeir Larsen, visited Bangkok on 11 April 2013, and held talks with his Thai counterpart, Vice Minister Jullapong Nonsrichai, who served as Thailand’s Ambassador to Norway from 2007 to 2011. The two discussed bilateral and regional matters of common interest, and how to strengthen the dialogue and cooperation...

The Government of Norway has pledged a new contribution of NOK 6,000,000 (approximately US$ 1 million) to the international component of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).

Norway’s Permanent Representative to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva, Ambassador Steffen Kongstad, visited Thailand and Cambodia in January 2013 in his capacity as President of the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The visit was part of a tour on the South East Asian mainland (Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia) to promote the...

President of Myanmar U Thein Sein visited Norway on February 26th-28th, marking the beginning of his first official trip to Europe.

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg commented, “After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the EU continued to safeguard peace by enlarging the union to include the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. These are projects of historical significance that have helped to secure peace and stability in Europe.”

Mr. Arnt Holte was elected as President of the World Blind Union on the first day of the WBUs 8th General Assembly in Bangkok.

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 goes to the European Union (EU).

On Monday 1 October, the completion of the deck module for Statoil’s Gudrun platform was celebrated in Laem Chabang. The module is the largest ever been built at the yard in Laem Chabang, as well as being the largest object ever moved in Thailand. It will be transported to Haugesund, Norway, where it will be assembled with the rest of the platform, which will operate on the Gudrun oil and gas...