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Related: About this forumMike Pompeo rejects Canada's claims to Northwest Passage as 'illegitimate'
Source: The Guardian
Mike Pompeo rejects Canada's claims to Northwest Passage as 'illegitimate'
Speech to Arctic Council delegates prompted frustration and surprise among experts and government officials
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Tue 7 May 2019 18.04 BST Last modified on Tue 7 May 2019 20.23 BST
Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has rejected Canadas claims to the Northwest Passage as illegitimate, in a high-profile foreign policy speech that prompted frustration and surprise among experts and government officials.
Delegates from Arctic nations Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the US had gathered in Finland to discuss balancing climate change with resource development in the region.
No one denies Russia has significant Arctic interests, Pompeo told delegates of the Arctic Council on Monday. We recognize that Russia is not the only nation making illegitimate claims: the US has a long contested feud with Canada over sovereign claims through the Northwest Passage.
The Arctic route linking the Atlantic and the Pacific offers a potential shortcut between Europe and China. Although the passage remains ice-bound for much of the year, it has become increasingly usable because of global warming and the retreat of Arctic sea ice.
While the United States has long maintained that the route, often blocked by sea ice, lies in international waters, Canada has argued the waters pass through sovereign territory.
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Speech to Arctic Council delegates prompted frustration and surprise among experts and government officials
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Tue 7 May 2019 18.04 BST Last modified on Tue 7 May 2019 20.23 BST
Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has rejected Canadas claims to the Northwest Passage as illegitimate, in a high-profile foreign policy speech that prompted frustration and surprise among experts and government officials.
Delegates from Arctic nations Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the US had gathered in Finland to discuss balancing climate change with resource development in the region.
No one denies Russia has significant Arctic interests, Pompeo told delegates of the Arctic Council on Monday. We recognize that Russia is not the only nation making illegitimate claims: the US has a long contested feud with Canada over sovereign claims through the Northwest Passage.
The Arctic route linking the Atlantic and the Pacific offers a potential shortcut between Europe and China. Although the passage remains ice-bound for much of the year, it has become increasingly usable because of global warming and the retreat of Arctic sea ice.
While the United States has long maintained that the route, often blocked by sea ice, lies in international waters, Canada has argued the waters pass through sovereign territory.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/07/mike-pompeo-canada-northwest-passage-illegitimate
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Mike Pompeo rejects Canada's claims to Northwest Passage as 'illegitimate' (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2019
OP
he's an end of times freak. how in the hell do crazy MFs keep ending up with so much power. ugh
Kurt V.
May 2019
#1
"The United States has long maintained that the route ... lies in international waters" n/t
PoliticAverse
May 2019
#5
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)1. he's an end of times freak. how in the hell do crazy MFs keep ending up with so much power. ugh
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)6. Where are the men and women in white coats?
Lock the lunatics away from any levers of power..
greymattermom
(5,751 posts)2. The deal must be to give it to
Russia, of course.
Chin music
(23,002 posts)3. "No denying russia has significant interests"
But, YOU CANADA......YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. Pick a fight w the folks that attacked us Mike. Any words for russia on that? We clearly have significant interests in foreigner free elections.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)4. For the geographically-challenged (maps):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Passage
Edit: See also Northeast Passage (not the same thing):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Passage
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)5. "The United States has long maintained that the route ... lies in international waters" n/t
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)7. ..- Which is clearly bullshit. n/t