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According to a leak of government information publicized in September 2014, a potential negotiated solution to the impasse had been reached a year earlier under Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, inspired by the Danish solution to their Chinese diplomatic freeze after a reception of the Dalai Lama. Two Norwegian governments have, through various channels, sought to resolve the diplomatic impasse since 2010. Very shortly after the deal was announced, it was reported that restarting the FTA talks would be a priority, and that a Norwegian government delegation would return to Beijing this spring.

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All of this changed when Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende quietly met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to finalize a four-point agreement this month, resulting in the restoration of full relations. However, as both Chinese and Norwegian officials, including Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, noted, the normalization was mainly the result of years of painstaking diplomatic negotiations, in the form of a series of low-level meetings.ĭuring the years after 2010, not only were bilateral government contacts suspended, but many business ties and joint research and academic relationships also suffered, and a free trade agreement which was being negotiated starting in 2008 was also placed on hold. China policy, are likely to have been contributing geopolitical factors prompting Beijing to seek a solution. Donald Trump’s impending presidency, and signs of considerable change in U.S. The normalization of the relationship between China and Norway last week brought an abrupt end to the freeze of political ties imposed by China after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in 2010.