Despite the rupture in Arctic cooperation with Russia’s since its invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Canada’s relationship with the other circumpolar nations is stronger than ever, Heidi Kutz, Ottawa’s top Arctic official, told a Toronto conference this week. Kenneth Hoegh,Greenland’s head of representation to Canada and US, agreed, saying the agreement, and the August Nunavut-Greenland MoU were important building blocks to a stronger North American Arctic. The MoU was signed in Nuuk and pledged closer cooperation and examining greater mobility for people between the two regions. “We want a much stronger partnership with North America,” Hoegh said. “I see a focus on North American pan-Arctic cooperation that hopefully will develop much stronger in years to come especially with more tade.

Source: CBC News February 24, 2023 21:01 UTC