2021-05-19 04:06:27 GMT2021-05-19 12:06:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HELSINKI, May 18 (Xinhua) The 12th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting is to be held Thursday in Reykjavik, Iceland. As two of the Arctic Council members the United States and Russia, will use this multilateral stage to have bilateral talks, this year s meeting has attracted more attention.
The eight-member Arctic Council is considered to be the most important regional institutional arrangement in Arctic governance. The Ministerial Conference, the decision-making body of the Council, is held every two years.
Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, this year s meeting will be held in a combined online and offline manner.
12th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting convenes in Reykjavík
10 May 2021
On 20 May, Iceland will host the 12
th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Reykjavik and online. The meeting marks the end of the two-year Icelandic Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and the beginning of the Russian Federation’s Chairmanship for the years 2021-2023. The meeting is also the first to be hosted in-person, under the auspices of the Arctic Council, since the Covid-19 pandemic put a halt to gatherings in early 2020. Owing to the situation the meeting will be held in reduced format, with Foreign Ministers from the eight Arctic States and representatives of the Indigenous Permanent Participants on site in Reykjavik and the majority of delegates joining the meeting through an online platform. The meeting will review and welcome around 80 deliverables compiled by the Council’s Working Groups during the Icelandic Chairmanship. Arctic Ministers furthermore plan to sign a Reykjavik Declaration an
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