NATO member Norway shares a land border with Russia as well as a maritime border in the Barents Sea. The highly-publicised visit, which comes amid tensions between the West and Russia over the war in Ukraine, was denounced by the Russian embassy in Norway. In a show of NATO firepower, the 337-metre (1,106 ft) nuclear-powered ship sailed for the first time into the Oslo Fjord under escort on Wednesday, where it will stay for several days before heading to the Arctic for military exercises, according to Norwegian media. Norway is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and shares 198 kilometers of land border with the Slavic country and a long border in the Barents Sea.Russia has called a visit by the world’s biggest warship, the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, to Oslo in Norway an “illogical and harmful” show of force at a time of heightened tensions. Since Oslo admits that Russia poses no direct military threat, such a show of force seems illogical and harmful to us, adds the Russian protest note released here. There are no issues in the North that require a military solution, nor issues that need outside intervention, Russian embassy spokesman Timur Shekanov said. The visit and presence of the naval air group will provide (…) a unique opportunity to develop cooperation and work more closely with our main ally, the United States, the Norwegian military explained in a statement. With more than 100,000 tons and 337 meters in length, the new generation nuclear-powered ship entered the Oslo Fjord in southern Norway in the morning hours with its escort to participate in military exercises which, according to local media, will be carried out in the Arctic Ocean.

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