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“We would like to have the possibility to be included in EU-UK arrangements concerning the internal market, permanent as well as transitional," the Norwegian EEA and EU minister, Frank Bakke-Jensen, said in a speech to EU ambassadors in Oslo.

"I am pleased with the willingness to consult closely with us on coming negotiations about the internal market," he said, adding that Norway was also conducting a bilateral political dialogue with London.

"We are ready to discuss our future co-operation in specific terms as soon as the situation permits," he said.

The comments come just weeks after the country’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg predicted Britain would opt for a hard Brexit, and would resist buckling under EU pressure.