... Development” conference
organized by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) under the auspices of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was held in Moscow on October 12-13, 2016.
Official Partner of the Conference is
NOVATEK
.
The event was held ahead of the 20
th
anniversary of the Arctic Council and was attended by representatives of all its member states, including senior officials from Russia, Norway and Iceland, officials from Denmark and Canada, members of the business community, and leading experts from the Arctic countries....
... colleagues!
While focusing its efforts on protecting the Arctic region that is most sensitive to climate changes, Russia continues to cooperate successfully with its partners in various international formats.
A perfect example of such cooperation is the Arctic Council, whose 20th anniversary our conference celebrates.
In those twenty years, many difficult tasks and adopted several useful initiatives has been resolved on the sidelines of the Council. The Framework for Action on Enhanced Black Carbon and Methane Emissions Reductions is among them....
... titled “
International Cooperation in the Arctic: New Challenges and Vectors of Development
”
. The event is supported by the Executive Office of the Government of Russia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
Official Partner of the Conference is
NOVATEK
.
In September 2016, the Arctic Council celebrates the 20th Anniversary. Since the initiative emerged, the Arctic states have shown a high level of consensus work notwithstanding their different approaches to development of the region and to protection of their national interests ...
... “safety-based approach”. However, what will be crucial for the region is whether its many players come together, as it is evident no one state can singlehandedly deal with a big disaster nor develop the regional prospects. As we heard in the RIAC conference the Arctic Council could bring states together. It will be imperative as certain questions remain unanswered that are increasingly becoming more urgent, such as who and how exactly deals with an incident and who will be at the end accountable? In the Gulf ...
