"The overall objective for Norway’s chairship of the Council will be to promote stability and constructive cooperation," said Anniken Huitfeldt as she presented the priorities for the coming two years. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Foreign Minister Huitfeldt outlines plan to bring Arctic Council back from a year in limbo
There will be no ceremony as Norway on May 11 takes over as chair of the Arctic Council from Russia. Today, Anniken Huitfeldt presented the priorities for the two years period 2023-2025.
Russia’s longest-serving minister, Sergey Lavrov, headed the last Arctic Council ministerial in Salekhard in October 2006. At the meeting, Norway’s Jonas Gahr Støre brought home the responsibility to head the Council. This year, the crowd in the north Siberian city will be totally different. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
