On March 20, 2014 the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Norway Yurii Onischenko met with the Norwegian Deputy Minister of EEA and EU Affairs Ingvild Næss Stub and extended his gratitude to Norway for the firm and consistent support of the main norms and principles of international law and Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence in connection with Russia’s military intervention in Crimea and its annexation of that part of the Ukrainian territory.