Norway to allocate $44 million to British-led Ukraine weapons procurement

FILE PHOTO: Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere holds a news conference on the situation in Ukraine, in Oslo, Norway February 24, 2022. NTB/Heiko Jungevia REUTERS

Norway will allocate 400 million crowns ($43.7 million) to a British-led initiative for buying weapons for Ukraine, the Norwegian prime minister said on Tuesday.

Norway may also make additional direct shipments of weapons to Ukraine on top of those it has already made, Jonas Gahr Stoere told parliament.

($1 = 9.1619 Norwegian crowns)

(Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Gwladys Fouche)