The Prime Minister
announces new emergency preparedness measures
Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister of Norway.
Today both Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and
Minister of Justice and Public Security Grete Faremo gave an address in the
Storting on the steps the Government plans to take in response to the 22 July
Commission report.
In his address, Mr Stoltenberg indicated that he
had not been prepared for the harsh criticism in the Commission’s report. He
acknowledged that it was hard to face up to such fundamental shortcomings given
the magnitude of the tragedy, but emphasised that these shortcomings would put
right.
Mr Stoltenberg announced that more and better
emergency response exercises would be held at all levels of the public
administration, that a new emergency response centre would be established for
the police in Oslo, and that as of January next year, military helicopters
based at Rygge (66 kilometres from Oslo) would be able to provide assistance to
the police as necessary.
Mr Stoltenberg said that more initiatives,
measures and changes would be put forward in due course. All the Commission’s
31 recommendations will be thoroughly considered and the conclusions presented
to the Storting.
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