Danish PM Frederiksen declares the Ilulissat Declaration ‘dead’ amid rising Arctic tensions
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has formally acknowledged the end of the Ilulissat Declaration, a 2008 political pledge by Arctic coastal states to keep the region a zone of low tension and peaceful cooperation. Speaking in Nuuk just ahead of a state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, Frederiksen cited growing geopolitical instability as the reason for abandoning the principles laid out in the now-defunct agreement.
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