Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere at the Department of State on August 12, 2011. Secretary Clinton and Norwegian Foreign Minister Stoere discussed a wide-range of issues, including promoting sustainable development, protecting human rights, supporting the NATO mission to protect civilians in Libya, as well as the situations in Syria and Afghanistan.

Secretary Clinton said, “Before I begin about the matters that we were discussing, I want once again to offer our deepest sympathies on behalf of the American people to our friends in Norway, especially the families of those who lost loved ones. In the days since those terrible events, the whole world has once again witnessed the resilience and dignity of the Norwegian people as they have comforted the bereaved, healed the wounded, and pulled together on behalf… more »