UK Military Strategy In Arctic Increases Tensions - Russian Foreign Ministry

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published April 24, 2019 | 07:22 PM

The adoption by the UK, which is not an Arctic state, of a military strategy for the Arctic increases tensions, Nikolai Korchunov, the Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large for international Arctic cooperation, said Wednesday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th April, 2019) The adoption by the UK, which is not an Arctic state, of a military strategy for the Arctic increases tensions, Nikolai Korchunov, the Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large for international Arctic cooperation, said Wednesday.

"For the first time, a non-Arctic country adopted an Arctic military strategy. This is an alarming step, which leads to escalation of tensions and requires a principled assessment by our Arctic partners," he said.