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Lammy in Arctic mission to counter threat of Putin’s Russia
- UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy traveled to the High North and Svalbard archipelago this week to assess Arctic security and geopolitical risks.
- The visit follows recent UK sanctions that blocked a tug from towing a Russian floating repair dock from Istanbul to the Arctic, affecting Putin's nuclear icebreaker fleet.
- Lammy will visit Norway, Iceland, and Keflavik air base, while the UK expands joint efforts with Iceland using £554,000 funding to develop AI for detecting hostile state activity.
- Lammy highlighted that Russia’s covert naval presence in the region poses risks to vital assets such as submarine communication lines connecting the UK and Europe, while also supporting Russia’s aggressive actions.
- The visit and measures reflect growing concerns over Arctic warming, increased Russian naval activity, and the need to strengthen alliances to protect vital northern sea routes and resources.
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Arctic warming 3.5 times faster than rest of world - as security threats to UK 'fundamentally changing'
The rapidly melting Arctic is opening up an unspoilt region to shipping, military and oil and minerals activity, experts have warned - as Foreign Secretary David Lammy tours the region to assess changing security threats.
The thaw reveals more than sea routes and resources: under the white surface of the North Pole, powers like China, Russia and the United States deploy investments, spies and submarines. Meanwhile, Norway watches, watches and doubts, with its increasingly tense borders and indigenous peoples turned into silent witnesses
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Lammy in Arctic mission to counter threat of Putin’s Russia
Foreign Secretary David Lammy is visiting Norway and Iceland to examine measures to counter Russia’s activities.
Arctic warming 3.5 times faster than rest of world - as security threa
The Arctic is warming 3.5 times faster than the global average, scientists have warned, raising new security threats for the UK. Melting Arctic ice is opening up more routes for shipping and military vessels, and the potential to drill for new reserves of gas, oil and natural minerals in an otherwise virtually unspoilt ecosystem. The continent has long been warming faster than the rest of the world. As the sea ice disappears, its white surface t…
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy will arrive in Iceland on Thursday for a short working visit with a delegation. He will meet with Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrína Gunnarsdóttir.
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