Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Russia of making “unlawful” claims in the Arctic, a region that the US military is increasingly focused on. Blinken made the comments from Iceland, where he is set to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov later this week for the first high-level in-person meeting between US and Russian officials of the Biden administration.
“We’ve seen Russia advance unlawful maritime claims, particularly its regulation of foreign vessels transiting the Northern Sea Route, which are inconsistent with international law. And that is something that we have and will respond to,” Blinken said at a joint press conference with Iceland’s foreign minister.
While in Iceland, Blinken will attend meetings of ministers of the Arctic Council, a group of eight Arctic nations, including the US and Russia. While he had harsh words for Moscow, Blinken also recognized the importance of cooperation with Russia in the Arctic and the danger of increased military activity in the region.
“We have concerns about some of the increased military activities in the Arctic that increases the dangers or prospects of accidents, miscalculations, and undermines the shared goal of a peaceful and sustainable future for the region,” he said.
Militarizing the Arctic is a key strategy in Washington’s confrontational approach to Moscow. Each branch of the US military has released strategy papers that call for more focus on the Arctic.
When the US Navy released its Arctic Strategy in January, then-Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite said the US could counter Russia’s claims by sailing warships through waters near Russia’s coast, similar to how the US challenges Beijing in the South China Sea.
Winken, Blinken and Nod doesn’t know he doesn’t have any Icebreakers that work and there aren’t any in the pipeline either, so he is just shooting Blanks.
The Artic is Russian backyard US will never dominate there
Seems like the U.S. in destroying it’s own currency faster than those of it’s adversaries…
If you can sell a global nuclear war to countries around the arctic to end human life on our planet, you can sell ice to Eskimos and I don’t know anything.
We have a maritime route which has always been closed. The Russians are opening it by providing ice breakers and rescue stations. All they ask is that experienced Russians pilot tankers who transit the treacherous northern coastline in the EEZ for safety reasons. And we have the gall to trot out the ‘freedom of navigation cars’.
We would have been perfectly content had that maritime route remained closed forever. In fact, we will prevent any new infrastructure projects by Russia, China, and Iran that will enhance commerce. When will this lunacy end.
Yeah, sail your, our warship through contested areas oF concern to Russia, but be careful and polite.. Russia has very effective antiship missiles assets.
https://journal-neo.org/2021/05/19/washington-tries-to-make-others-to-pay-the-price-for-its-own-military-adventures/
Washington Tries To Make Others To Pay The Price For Its own Military Adventures. Written by Vladimir Danilov.
What the Norwegians fail to realize is they’re being regime changed over time.
Some would call it an “occupation.”
What like america claimed Syrian oil for it`s self lol do the americans even know the meaning of Hipocracy ?.