Russia: Arctic is no EU affair
The Arctic is not an issue Russia-EU relations, Russian Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov told Euractiv.com
In an interview about the upcoming EU-Russian meeting in Khabarovsk, Russia’s EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov made it clear that the Arctic is not an issue in EU-Russia relations.
“We believe that in the foreseeable future consolidated efforts of the Arctic states are sufficient. Let me remind you that that there is no EU member state among the Arctic states,” Chizhov said, Euractiv.com reports.
That position is not shared by the EU, however, which last November adopted its Arctic Communication. As reported by BarentsObserver, that document outlines a clearer and more active role of the union in Arctic issues.
