Therefore it cannot be justified to have the presence in the Arctic of military-political alliances, Lavrov said, reports The Voice of Russia. Lavrov was speaking to the audience of the Economical Forum in Murmansk last Thursday together with the Foreign Ministers of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
New issues pertaining to climate change and the development of new technologies should bring the Arctic states closer together, Lavrov said describing as “unfair and counterproductive” efforts to ratchet up tensions and portray the Arctic as a potential conflict zone, The Voice of Russia.
