Russian diplomats spoke about the militarization of the Arctic by NATO

The non-regional countries of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) are pulling their forces into the Arctic. This was reported to Izvestia by the Russian Embassy in Norway. It is the Scandinavian Republic that is most actively promoting the militarization of the region.

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To the accompaniment of empty assurances of commitment to maintaining "low tension in high latitudes," Oslo is intensively increasing its national military presence in the northern regions, as well as creating conditions for other NATO countries, including non—regional Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and France, to "pull up" to the Arctic. Including under the pretext of military deterrence of China, which, unlike NATO's non-Arctic states, actually demonstrates military restraint at high latitudes," the Russian Embassy in Oslo told Izvestia.

At the same time, there are no effective confidence-building measures and military communication channels between the Russian Federation and NATO, which greatly increases the likelihood of dangerous incidents.

"Of course, the intensification of the alliance's military preparations has a destabilizing effect and increases escalation risks in the Arctic region," the Russian diplomats added.

Earlier it became known that the North Atlantic Alliance may create a new alliance air operations control center in the arctic Norwegian city of Buda to strengthen allied cooperation in the Far North. The construction will cost about 900 million euros. Currently, NATO has only two such centers in Europe: in the German Huedema and the Spanish Torrejon.

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Ice structures: non-regional NATO countries are pulling their forces into the Arctic