“Global climate change is gaining momentum, causing ice to melt in the polar zone and continuously boosting its strategic, economic, scientific, environmental, transport and resource importance. As the current Arctic Council chair, Russia works hard to promote the Northern Sea Route, protect the environment and maintain sustainable development in the region,” he said.
In his turn, Nikolai Korchunov, Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials and Ambassador at Large with the Foreign Ministry of Russia, noted that Russia continued to prioritize the need to ensure “sustainable socioeconomic development in the Arctic” and to create “a comfortable environment for local residents.”
Source: https://arctic.ru/international/20220811/1004018.html.
