UK and Norway agree to deepen cooperation on artificial intelligence
The UK and Norway have signed a joint statement of intent to strengthen cooperation on artificial intelligence, covering compute, defence, AI security and international governance. The statement was agreed in Oslo on 12 November 2026.
Kanishka Narayan, the UK Minister for Artificial Intelligence, and Torgeir Micaelsen, Norway's Minister for Digitalisation and Public Governance, met on the margins of the Atlantic Futures Forum.
What the ministers agreed
The two sides described AI as a new area of bilateral cooperation. It builds on the objectives of the Norwegian-UK Strategic Partnership, which covers security, resilience, sustainable growth and innovation. That partnership was set out in a joint declaration by Prime Ministers Jonas Gahr Støre and Sir Keir Starmer on 16 December 2024.
The statement points to complementary strengths in AI, research and innovation, secure digital infrastructure and clean energy. The ministers said this cooperation can contribute to each country's industrial policy ambitions.
They committed to explore collaboration in a number of potential areas, and to stay in regular contact. The UK Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and the Norwegian Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance will coordinate the work with other relevant ministries and authorities.
Links to existing agreements
The statement is intended to complement existing UK-Norway arrangements:
- The Norwegian-UK Strategic Partnership
- The UK-Norway Green Industrial Partnership
- The Lunna House Agreement
- The UK-Norway Security Dialogue
Not legally binding
The document sets out intentions only. It does not create rights or obligations under international or domestic law, and any cooperation will be subject to each country's laws, policies and available resources.
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