Leaders urge EU to boost Arctic role to tackle Russia ‘threat’

Rovaniemi, Finland – Twelve European countries who met meeting in Finland on Monday urged the European Union to beef up its presence in the Arctic, a geopolitical battleground caught between Russia and U.S. The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc was in need of icebreakers, but it was not immediately clear if she was proposing joint acquisition or urging member states to bolster their own capacities.