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Significance
Norwegian armed forces’ chief of operations Lieutenant-General Yngve Odlo hosted Lieutenant-General Stanislav Maslov, head of the Western Arctic Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service, aboard a Norwegian coastguard vessel. They last met in April 2022, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, continuing discussions on the common border based on a 1949 bilateral agreement.
Impacts
Seven Arctic Council members’ suspended cooperation with eighth member Russia will restrict its usefulness.
Limited cooperation could exacerbate the risks of an environmental catastrophe from increased activity in the Arctic.
Confrontation across the Arctic will force a security rethink in Canada, among other littoral states.
Keywords:
Arctic,
EUR,
China,
NATO,
Russia,
Scandinavia,
United States,
Canada,
Denmark,
Finland,
Greenland,
Sweden,
Ukraine,
economy,
industry,
international relations,
foreign policy,
natural resources,
security,
shipping,
climate,
defence,
energy,
foreign trade,
international law,
invasion,
military,
Fossil fuels,
Transport & logistics
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