Norway nevertheless allowed Russian goods for the Svalbard archipelago to pass through its border, which were detained last week due to European Union sanctions against Russia. The country found a way to get them to their destination. This was announced by the press secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ane Haavardsdatter Lunde, writes NRK..

According to her, two containers for the Russian mining settlement of Barentsburg were allowed into the country on July 2.. Three days later, on July 5, the cargo was sent by a Norwegian ship from the city of Tromso to Longyearbyen, located on the territory of the archipelago.

Haavardsdatter Lunde explained that 20 tons of goods could not cross the border of Norway and be transported along its roads in transport with registration of the Russian Federation. Therefore, it was decided to send the containers by Norwegian truck to Tromso for their further transportation by sea..

The press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also stressed that Norway never planned to stop the supply of goods to Svalbard, including Barentsburg..

She clarified that in order to search for options for the delivery of goods from Russia to the archipelago, Norway was negotiating with the Russian embassy in Oslo.. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry is confident that the situation was resolved well.

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Recall that at the beginning of last week it became known that the Norwegian authorities rejected the permission of the Russian mining company to transport goods to the territory of Svalbard through the mainland of the country..