Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's Speech at the Hubert Humprey Institute of Public Affairs in Minneapolis, March 26.
3/28/2008 :: "My ambition for Norway’s relations with the United States in the years to come is that we will seize these opportunities to make a difference together.
We are partners in security, in NATO, and right now we are working side by side to help Afghanistan onto its feet. We have such an extraordinary common ground for meeting contemporary challenges: our history and heritage, our ties of friendship, our exchanges of students and experts, our willingness to cooperate and – not least – our determination to find solutions.
A good understanding. A common ground. Our meeting of minds here Minnesota and in the broader Midwest encapsulates our opportunity. We will do everything we can to maintain the close relations we have today and to develop them further as we look ahead to the future. "
Read Foreign Minister Støre's address here.