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OSLO (Reuters) – Norway will prohibit the planned sale by Britain\u2019s Rolls-Royce of a Norwegian maritime engine maker to a Russian company on national security grounds, the Nordic country\u2019s justice minister told parliament on Tuesday.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: A Rolls-Royce logo is seen at the company’s aerospace engineering and development site in Bristol, Britain, December 17, 2015. REUTERS\/Toby Melville<\/figcaption>

Based on Norway\u2019s west coast, and owned by Rolls-Royce for more than 20 years, Bergen Engines is a supplier to NATO member Norway\u2019s navy as well as to the global shipping industry.<\/p>\n

The Norwegian government on March 9 said it had temporarily suspended the 150 million euro ($178 million) sale of Bergen Engines to TMH Group while it assessed security implications.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now have sufficient information to conclude that it is necessary to prevent the company from being sold to a group controlled from a country with which we do not have security cooperation,\u201d Justice Minister Monica Maeland of the centre-right minority government told parliament on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Relations between Norway and Russia, which share a border in the Arctic, gradually improved in the post-Cold War era before suffering a setback when Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014.<\/p>\n

That triggered more tension in the north with a military build-up on both sides and more frequent military manoeuvres.<\/p>\n

The Russian embassy in Oslo said on March 10 that Norway\u2019s decision to suspend the sale showed anti-Russian sentiment and was of serious concern.<\/p>\n

Announcing the planned disposal, Rolls-Royce said last month the transaction with Russia\u2019s TMH was part of the group\u2019s overall plan to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Norwegian opposition parties have criticised the government for being slow to respond to what they said was a national security threat, after it emerged that Rolls-Royce had informed authorities of a potential Russian deal late last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe technology posessed by Bergen Engines, and the engines they produce, would have been of significant military strategic interest to Russia, and would have boosted Russian military capabilities,\u201d the Norwegian government said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Bergen Engines makes medium-speed gas and diesel engines for marine and power generation customers. It employs about 950 people and had revenue of 239 million pounds ($332 million) in 2019.<\/p>\n

($1 = 0.8408 euros)<\/p>\n

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