The Russian Foreign Ministry called absurd reaction Norway trip Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin on the Svalbard archipelago.
April 19 Rogozin, head of the State Commission for the Development of the Arctic, took part in the opening of the Russian drifting station “North Pole – 2015″. He made two technical stops at the airport in Longyearbyen on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, where he was involved Russian aircraft adapted for the landing and take-off from the ice to take participants to the station and back. Because of the complicated weather conditions on April 18 at the station, some time does not allow it to take the plane, in the arisen pause was also held to introduce the Russian settlement of Barentsburg on Spitsbergen.
“The use of the archipelago for a trip to the” North Pole – 2015 “was due to causes purely logistical requirements of order and security in the high latitudes. This fact seems quite natural, and could count on his understanding of the Norwegian side in the spirit of partnership in the Arctic, which until now has always manifested Norway, – said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich. – However, a visit to the archipelago Rogozin included in the EU sanctions list known to who joined Norway, caused a reaction in Oslo. ”
The official representative of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, it was stated in the media that have fallen under the sanctions mentioned undesirable persons on Svalbard, and expressed regret at the arrival of Rogozin.
“The Norwegian side expects of us some clarification. Such a reaction is puzzling. It is inexplicable and absurd from the point of view of international law. Article 3 of the Treaty on Svalbard in 1920 provided free access to the archipelago nationals of the Parties to the Treaty. These unilateral sanctions will not cancel this Agreement and the situation in this case is irrelevant. Thus, international legal grounds for bringing the Russian side any claims are not available, “- said Lukashevich.
In addition, it was not broken, and Norwegian legislation that recognizes the most Norwegians.
“It is regrettable initiative accession of Norway to the anti-Russian EU sanctions, which results in negative consequences for Russian-Norwegian relations and, as we have seen, leads to a distorted perception of the realities of our Norwegian neighbors”, – concluded the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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