European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited a North Sea gas platform in a show of unity over the security of infrastructure and gas supplies to Europe
The Troll A platform extracts gas from Norway's biggest gas field. After a drop in Russian flows, the Nordic country last year becameNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talked about the protection of infrastructure and gas supplies to Europe with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and Equinor CEO Anders Opedal.
Security at Norwegian petroleum installations was increased after the explosions on the Nord Stream pipelines on Sept. 26 in the Baltic Sea, withNorway's energy infrastructure is vital, but vulnerable, because of its size, involving thousands of kilometres of pipelines as well as internet and power cables, Stoltenberg told reporters onboard Troll A.
"We cannot of course protect every metre of this infrastructure at every time," said Stoltenberg, clad in a bright yellow worksuit and white helmet. "But what we do is that we have stepped up...exchanging intelligence information closer monitoring of the infrastructure. We have increased our presence with more military capabilities."NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travel to the Troll A platform off the coast of Norway March 17, 2023.
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