Denmark wants to compete with Russia for part of the Arctic
Copenhagen - Kyiv, December 16 (PolitNavigator, Vasily Ablyazimov) - Denmark claims the territory of the North Pole, which includes about 900 square kilometers and is located at a distance of 000 nautical miles from Greenland. The demand for Copenhagen was made at a UN meeting on Monday, December 200, reports German economic news.
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But this step by the Danes is fraught with conflicts, the German publication believes, because other states are making applications for the distribution of Arctic areas. These include, in particular, the Scandinavian countries, Canada, the USA, Iceland and Russia. These countries, except Denmark, are members of the Arctic Council. In addition, South Korea, China and Japan are observer countries of the Arctic Council. Denmark and other members are concerned about Russia's increased activity in the Arctic.
They believe that Russia, as in the Crimean conflict, is trying to expand, but most of the Arctic lands, German Economic News writes, still do not belong to anyone and have no legal owners. Each of these states may, within ten years after ratification of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, expand its current controlled economic zones. The conflict in Ukraine is likely being used to disrupt this agreement to jointly conquer the Arctic.
Thus, Russia and Norway are already trying to expand their economic zones in the Arctic. Next is Canada. Some analysts believe that due to Copenhagen's bids, tensions between Russia and Denmark will increase. John Nordby, an analyst at the Danish Defense College, tweeted that Denmark's claim to the Lomonosov Ridge would trigger increased Russian military activity in the Baltic Sea to put pressure on Denmark.
The Lomonosov Ridge is a currently little-explored formation that extends from northern Canada through the Arctic to Russia. Let us remember that the Arctic is considered by all countries as a promising route of maritime communication, a source of drinking water and huge reserves of oil and gas.
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