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Cooperation the focus as Arctic Council chair transfers to Russia


Cooperation the focus as Arctic Council chair transfers to Russia
cbc.ca
3 hrs ago
Alice Twa
© Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs/Gunnar Vigfússon
Ministers and Permanent Participants pose for a group photo at the end of the 12th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Iceland.
Russia has now officially assumed the role of chair of the Arctic Council.
After receiving the chair from Iceland, Russia will stay in the position until 2023, spending the next two years at the head of the group of circumpolar nations with a focus on responsible governance and sustainability in the Arctic. 
The council also includes Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States, as well as a number of Indigenous permanent participants, including the Inuit Circumpolar Council and Gwich in Council International. ....

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