Top US Diplomat Against Militarizing Arctic

[rangerrebew]

Top US Diplomat Against Militarizing Arctic
By VOA News
May 18, 2021 03:57 PM
 Geothermal Plant, in Hengill, Iceland, May 18, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the global community Tuesday to avoid militarizing the Arctic region, one day after Russia warned the West against making territorial claims in the area.

Blinken is in Reykjavik, Iceland, for talks on climate change and to take part in an Arctic Council ministerial meeting.

The United States has previously accused Russia of requiring foreign ships to seek permission to pass through the region and to allow Russian maritime pilots to board the vessels while threating violence against noncompliant ships. 

https://www.voanews.com/usa/top-us-diplomat-against-militarizing-arctic

[rangerrebew]

He is bringing too little to the party, and he's already too late.  This will come out later as the Russian militarization of the Arctic "forced" the US to do likewise.