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.
