If there’s one thing that keeps Anne Beathe Tvinnereim up at night, it's that global “distrust is growing,” said the Norwegian international development minister.
In a briefing to journalists this week, Tvinnereim expressed concern at the prospect of lower-income countries, particularly in Africa, being left out of discussions in Western capitals — as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to soak up governments’ bandwidth — and losing faith in the multilateralism as a result. Trust in the international system has already taken a battering from inequity of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and failures to act on climate change, among other issues.
But Tvinnereim, a politician clearly in command of her brief, also thinks some countries are also “fueling that distrust” — and made no bones about which.