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Russia, US tout cooperation ahead of Arctic Council meeting

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, will meet for the first time in Reykjavik.

By Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters, Tom Balmforth, Reuters May 18, 2021

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW — With a warming climate melting more Arctic ice cover and global industries eager to exploit the region for shipping, fishing, drilling and mining, the United States and Russia sounded a rare, cooperative note going into the Arctic Council’s biennial ministerial meeting in Iceland this week.

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