”It is quite peculiar that Norway chooses to participate in this kind of state-sponsored propaganda event, in a time when it is more clear than ever that Russia is set on confrontation with the West, says Professor Kari Aga Myklebost with the UiT Arctic University of Norway.
The Norwegian diplomat’s greetings was framed next under Vladimir Putin on the web-portal of the high-profile Arctic Forum as the opening day was concluded in Murmansk on Wednesday.
Putin praised the few international participants.
”We are committed to working together with all interested partner nations and intergovernmental organisations in this major endeavour,” dictator Putin said in his greetings as Russia’s high-profile Arctic Forum started in Murmansk.
Under Norway’s chairship (2023-2025), contacts with Moscow are resumed in some working groups, although no political discussions take place. In his video-speech to the session in Murmansk entitled ”building bridges between nations…”, Norway’s top Arctic official, Ambassador Morten Høglund, extended his gratitude to Russia as a counterpart for their strong engagement and cooperation throughout Norway’s chairship period of the Arctic Council. […]
Morten Høglund emphasized ”the importance of working together” … with the permanent participants of the Arctic Council, such as the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East of the Russian Federation. Läs artikel