Norwegian MP Leaves Open Possibility of an Arctic Council Without Russia High North News (Oslo): The Western Arctic states must soon choose between continuing slow-moving Arctic Council work with Russian participation, or proceeding without Russia, believes Ine Eriksen Søreide, Chair of the Norwegian Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense.
Would Not Answer Whether Russia Should be Invited Back Into Arctic Security Forums Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide would not give a direct answer when asked whether Russia should be invited back into Arctic security forums.
Maybe We Should Stop Nagging About Lack of Contact Between Norway and Russia? Kirkenes: For the fourth time in less than a year, foreign ministers Ine Eriksen Søreide and Sergey Lavrov met for political talks today. Perhaps it is time to put aside the constant nagging about lacking political dialogue between Russia and Norway.
Fish, Missiles and One Spy-Convicted Retiree: Why Lavrov’s Trip to Norway is So Important It will be important to utter exchange polite phrases about whatactuallyworks in the relationship between Norway and Russia. However, when foreign ministers Ine Eriksen Søreide and Sergey Lavrov meet in Kirkenes in October, a series of serious issues are on the agenda.
Strong Chinese Reactions to Pompeo’s Speech US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out at China in Rovaniemi. The Chinese reactions were swift.
- Not an unexpected outcome Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide (Conservatives) would have preferred for the eight Arctic states to agree on a joint declaration prior to the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland.
No Change in Norwegian Foreign Policy Foreign minister Ine Eriksen Søreide’s meeting with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in St. Petersburg Tuesday does not mark any change to Norwegian foreign policy. – We will still have our differences, however, at the same time it is important for us to cooperate on issues where we agree, says Søreide to High North News.
- Local Cooperation With Russia is Underestimated, says Ine Eriksen Søreide Kirkenes: Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide travels with Prime Minister Erna Solberg to Russia to have a political dialogue. - Meetings like that provide us with an opportunity to talk about how cooperation between our two countries works, and where it is problematic, says Eriksen Søreide to High North News.
Solberg and Søreide to Putin’s Grand Arctic Conference Both Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide have agreed to attend Russia’s big Arctic conference in St. Petersburg in april.
Editorial: On the Verge of Cooperation I sit on the back bench in a conference hall in Kirkenes and wonder when the rest of the country will discover what goes on in the High North. Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide and Russian Ambassador to Norway, Teimuraz O. Ramishvili, have just wondered the same from their place on the podium.
Diplomats preparing for Russia’s major Arctic conference Yesterday, a special presentation of the “Arctic: Territory of Dialogue" 5th International Arctic Forum was held in Moscow for the diplomatic corps of Arctic Council members and observer states.
New Strategy to Invigorate the Arctic Council For the first time since the establishing of the Arctic Council in 1996, work is going on to develop a unique strategy for this international high-level forum. The strategy intends to increase the Council’s planning and implementation capacity, and the plan is for it to be finalized by the time the Arctic foreign ministers meet in May.
Op-Ed: What could the Arctic learn regarding gender equality The opening session of Arctic Frontiers 2019 garnered a lot of attention. Among many other reasons, for the fact that this was the first time that a high-level panel, at one of the largest Arctic conferences, was composed solely of women.
Plastic pollution increasing at the top of the Earth Increasing amounts of plastic pollution has been detected in Europe’s most northern Arctic regions. Scientists are registering high concentrations of microplastic particles not only in Arctic waters but also in the Arctic ice and snow.
Newsletter: About moose meat, paid journalism and dialogue The conference season continues, this week with Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø. The first thing to meet the participants when arriving at the reception of Hotel Edge was Gunnhild Stordalen’s book, the wife of hotel owner Petter Stordalen.
Søreide: - Northern Stability Not A Given - The High North’s character of cooperation and stability is not a given. It is the result of hard political work from all sides.
Talking to Oneself Makes No Dialogue Tromsø: Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide went to Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø, Norway. She hammered in a message saying the world needs more cooperation, not less. Her being left standing alone on stage sadly goes to prove that the world moves in quite the opposite direction.
