Norway to withdraw official representation at Sochi

Norway will send no official representation to the Sochi Paralympic Winter Games, authorities said today, in response to Russia's military intervention in Ukraine.

Princess Maertha-Louise and Health Minister Bent Hoie have cancelled plans to attend the 10-day event set to open on Friday, the Norwegian Royal Court and government said.

The Norwegian team will attend the Games as planned, a delegation official told reporters.

Norway's Foreign Minister Boerge Brendewho will travel to Kiev on Thursday to meet with Ukrainian authorities, told a press conference that the current crisis "was the most serious crisis between the West and Russia since the end of the Cold War".
 

NATO member Norway shares a border with Russia.