Greenland row is Trump positioning for Arctic battle: expert

It makes sense to not let our enemies win on this issue. Once again Donald Trump doing what is in the best interest of his country. I salute you sir.

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In April 2017, the Russian Government announced that it had completed its 'new military bases in the Arctic' and had completed most of the work on restoring several military bases in the region which had been abandoned... Russia is demonstrating its military potential in the Arctic Region and has repaired and replaced former port and military installations along its Arctic coast and developed new air bases on islands in the Arctic Seas. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu highlighted the creation of a new Russian military base on Franz Joseph Land which will allow 150 troops to live continuously on its grounds for at least a year.

Russia and the Soviet Union had made a claim on the waters of the Arctic for centuries. Canada was the first to claim sovereignty over vast areas of the Arctic in 1925. This was followed by the Soviet Union in 1926 which claimed an area stretching from Murmansk, east to the Chukchi Peninsula and north, towards the North Pole including both the Mendeleev and Lomonosov Ridges. Other nations made claims on the region and the United Nations was pressed to establish some guidance on the competing claims. In 1999, as part of the negotiations on the Law of the Sea, the UN adopted the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The territorial claims of the competing parties had to be decided under the UNCLOS rules. The current status shows that the delineation has not been finally settled.

In April 2017, the Russian Government announced that it had completed its 'new military bases in the Arctic' and had completed most of the work on restoring several military bases in the region which had been abandoned... Russia is demonstrating its military potential in the Arctic Region and has repaired and replaced former port and military installations along its Arctic coast and developed new air bases on islands in the Arctic Seas. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu highlighted the creation of a new Russian military base on Franz Joseph Land which will allow 150 troops to live continuously on its grounds for at least a year.

Russia and the Soviet Union had made a claim on the waters of the Arctic for centuries. Canada was the first to claim sovereignty over vast areas of the Arctic in 1925. This was followed by the Soviet Union in 1926 which claimed an area stretching from Murmansk, east to the Chukchi Peninsula and north, towards the North Pole including both the Mendeleev and Lomonosov Ridges. Other nations made claims on the region and the United Nations was pressed to establish some guidance on the competing claims. In 1999, as part of the negotiations on the Law of the Sea, the UN adopted the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The territorial claims of the competing parties had to be decided under the UNCLOS rules. The current status shows that the delineation has not been finally settled.

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