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* Section for Eastern Europe

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01.01.2007* Founding by merger

Name: * Section for global security issues and the SUS countries

Short name: Seksjon for globale sikkerhetsspørsmål og SUS

Affiliations: Ministry

Hierarchical level: Section

Superior body: Security Policy Department

Located: 301 Oslo

Merged bodies:

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2011* Change of name

Name: Section for Russia, Eurasia and Regional Cooperation

Short name: Seksjon for Russland, Eurasia og regionalt samarbeid

Norway’s bilateral relations and project cooperation with Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Norway’s participation in the OSCE and the Council of Europe. Nuclear safety cooperation with Russia. The Barents Cooperation. The Northern Dimension. Energy issues in Central Asia and the Caspian area.

01.01.2020* Change of name

Name: Section for Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Regional Organisations

Short name: SIK RUSSLAND

Tasks:
Norway’s bilateral relations with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. This includes analytical, political and practical work as well as grant management and project cooperation. The section is also responsible for Norway’s participation in the OSCE and the Council of Europe as well as for the Government’s Nuclear Action Plan, which particularly covers cooperation with Russia and Ukraine.
Kilde: regjeringen.no, 2020

01.07.2024* Change of name

Name: * Section for Eastern Europe

Short name: SIK RUSSLAND

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.