Norway announced it will host 330 US Marines for longer than first planned

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Norway announced this week that the US Marines will remain in the country until the end of 2018, a year longer than planned.

On Saturday, the Russian Embassy in Norway said: “We have repeatedly explained our point of view on the issue of setting up a US military base in the territory of Norway.

“We consider that this step contradicts Norwegian policy of not deploying foreign military bases in the country in times of peace, steps out of line of the traditions of good neighbourhood, makes Norway not fully predictable partner, can also escalate tension and lead to destabilisation of the situation in the Northern region,' the embassy's administrator wrote on Facebook.

“We see it as an element of the US-led military preparations that have intensified against the background of the anti-Russian propagandist hysteria.”