Wednesday, August 30th., 2017
Security Architecture in Arctic Achievable Only Through Cooperation - Putin
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Photo: Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry
Creation
of the sustainable security architecture able to address the current
challenges in the Arctic is only possible through the joint multilateral
efforts and consideration for the interests of all the parties involved
in the region’s development, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a
statement on Wednesday.
SABETTA
(Russia) (Sputnik) – "I will emphasize that only through the collective
efforts and considering the interests of all the parties we will able
to advance on our way to the sustainable security architecture
responding to the current challenges in the Arctic," Putin said in the
welcoming statement read out by Russia's Security Council Secretary
Nikolai Patrushev at the 7th annual international meeting of the Arctic
Council member states, observer states and representatives of the
international scientific community held in the Russian northern town
of Sabetta.
In his statement, Putin called the issues of the international
political and economic cooperation in the Arctic as well as the regional
environment protection and hydrocarbon resources production the main
focus of the forum.
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States, are members of the Arctic Council, created in 1996 at Finland's initiative for cooperation and resolving issues of the Arctic region.
"It is even more symbolic that the forum is
held in the town of Sabetta where the large-scale energy project YAMAL
LNG is being completed. It is a spectacular example of the mutually
beneficial multilateral cooperation, careful attitude to the fragile
ecosystem of the Arctic. Such open, equitable and effective approach is
necessary for the effective economic development of the Arctic,
for strengthening the international political, economic, and social
dialogue aimed at addressing the relevant issues of the region," the
statement also noted.
The Arctic Council meeting is held in northern Russia on Tuesday and Wednesday.Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States, are members of the Arctic Council, created in 1996 at Finland's initiative for cooperation and resolving issues of the Arctic region.