New Arctic Council chair Russia calls for resumption of military meetings
Annual meetings between armed forces chiefs from Arctic states were halted in 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea
20 May 2021 - 18:16
Copenhagen — Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday urged Arctic states to resume high-level military meetings amid growing tension in the region and expressed concern about the deployment of foreign troops in Norway near the Russian border.
As a warming climate is opening up the Arctic for shipping, fishing, drilling and mining, Russia has beefed up its military presence there and the US is carrying out more naval exercises...
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