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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, December 10 (Xinhua) – Russia is developing the Arctic and the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in cooperation with China and India, its strategic partners. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced this during government hour in the Federation Council.
"We have sovereignty over the Northern Sea Route, and we are actively developing it with the participation of friendly states," noted S. Lavrov, adding that this cooperation is developing independently of the plans of Western member countries of the Arctic Council.
The Russian minister noted that the Arctic Council continues to maintain its mechanisms despite Western countries' refusal to hold ministerial-level meetings. "Western members of this very important and once central structure for determining high-latitude policy understand the impasse of dismantling the Arctic Council, at least given our country's actual geographic, technological, and political positions in the Arctic," Lavrov emphasized.
As the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry recalled, the 14th session of the Arctic Council adopted a statement that reaffirmed the shared position that the Arctic Council is a key platform for multilateral cooperation in the Arctic, that it must be preserved, and that there must be a common line in support of strengthening peace and security and creating the most favorable conditions for economic projects. –0–
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