Oslo: The planned visit by a US aircraft carrier to Oslo was harshly criticised on Tuesday by the Russian embassy in Norway as a "illogical and harmful" display of power.
This week, the USS General Ford, a 337-meter (1,106-foot) vessel, is supposed to dock in the Norwegian capital.

Timur Chekanov, spokesman for the Russian embassy, wrote to AFP via email, "There are no issues in the North that require a military solution, nor issues that require outside intervention."

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Such displays of force, he continued, "seem illogical and harmful considering that Oslo admits that Russia poses no direct military threat to Norway."
The nuclear-powered, first-in-class aircraft carrier has a displacement of more than 100,000 tonnes.

The ship left Norfolk on its "first combat deployment," according to a statement released by the US Navy in early May. This came after a previous, shorter deployment of two months in the autumn of 2022.

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Norwegian Defence Minister Bjorn Arild Gramme said, "The fact that a new aircraft carrier is now making its first visit to Norwegian waters is very positive for our cooperation with the Americans," while on a visit to the enormous warship.

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Following the invasion of Ukraine, relations between NATO member Norway and Russia, with whom the Scandinavian nation shares a border in the Far North, have drastically deteriorated.