the incident was a violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. In November, Søreide defended the government's plan for the Sami people when the government presented its area report for the north. Her response came after 15 year old Sunna Svendsen criticised the government live by stating that the report's title wasn't inclusive enough for the Sami people. Søreide stated: "When we started working on the report, we saw very quickly that Sami questions must be consistent in it, instead of it being an isolated chapter". She further added that they had asked the Sami Parliament for inputs. In January 2021, following the Trump Administration's decision to list Cuba as a country that promotes terrorism, Søreide expressed criticism of the move and called it "regrettable". She also cited the peace negotiations in Colombia with the nation, and that "the American administration now made sure to put a toll on Cubans with the negotiators being unable to leave Cuba". Søreide condemned the Myanmar coup d'état in February 2021, and called on the military to release the country's democratically elected leaders. She also stressed that the two sides needed to find a peaceful solution with respect and dialog for democratic principals and governance. In April, Søreide called on the UN Security Council to consider econonmic sanctions and arms embargo against the coup makers in Myanmar. Søreide met with U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in May 2021 in Reykjavik, Iceland, to discuss the situation at the Gaza strip. Following the meeting, Søreide explained that Blinken had stressed the expectation of a deescalation and path to a cease fire. Søreide described it as "the only thing to prevent this from escalating out of control". Following the passing of an anti-LGBT law in Hungary in June 2021, Søreide criticised the law, stating: "the law is one of the worst examples we have seen in recent times, and an example of the country continuing on the path away from the rule of law and democracy. Here, a prime minister and a government present a law that connects homosexuality with pedophilia, it is completely insane". She further expressed concern that multiple countries were heading in the wrong direction when it comes to LGBT rights, adding: "same-sex love is punishable in 69 countries, it also creates a climate of hatred and prejudice against gay and queer people". In July, Søreide released a statement where she pointed to