OSLO: The Arctic Council, a model for cooperation between former Cold War foes, on Thursday sees a delicate handover of chairmanship, with the sidelining of Russia, its largest member.
After two years of Russian leadership, Norway takes over the intergovernmental forum, which was considered exemplary until the invasion of Ukraine led seven of the eight members the United States, Canada and the five Nordic countries to suspend their meetings with Moscow
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