Arctic states on Wednesday agreed to let the country, near the north of the earth is become the council of foreign observers, pull the rising superpower, China, India and South Korea are seeking mining its undeveloped region energy and other natural resources.
The European Union also preliminary eight state council granted observer status, but must first address its bid a few questions, including its ban on Canadian seal export.
This is a strange, but it is not totally unexpected move long obscure the arctic council, has traditionally served as the region's indigenous peoples and the fragile ecological system to protect the rights of the guard dog.
Widespread panic and this makes the rest of the world cooler, the arctic ice melting of environmentalists, but seek across a frozen Marine countries has become a kind of economy. Global warming is making the arctic elusive supply of oil, gas, minerals and precious metals - in some areas, for the first time ever - expanding county as China and India after the extra energy supply.
Officials estimate that the arctic region has 13% of the undiscovered oil reserves in the world, 30% undiscovered natural gas reserves.
Ministers advice on large energy consumption country in the arctic council will force they insist to maintain the region's diplomatic panel's core objective.
There is no such thing as a free lunch ", "ace said, Norwegian foreign minister bart Ed. "To be observers, you also signed embodies the principle of the organization, which is why we have been trying to do this."
In all six countries - China, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Singapore - was granted observer status in the parliament, the European join some previously accepted county. Eight countries are permanent members of the non-binding touching panel, including the United States, through the Arctic Circle in Alaska. Denmark through its connected to the arctic and Greenland, it was a semi-autonomous territory.
O the Canadian council of ministers, Leona luca, observers said the discomfort of modest and restrained with the new face, she says, to create "north, the northerners, interest in the arctic region is all over the world." President of the council of Canada in the next two years.
The minister's brief meeting, it is held every two years, has also attracted the scattering component of the environmental group greenpeace protesters carried banners outside the kiruna small municipal government urged "oil in the arctic." A heavy black mountain, iron ore mining, serving as the meeting under the background of small town of North Pole, the snow had melted snow.
John kerry, America's secretary of state of the country blue suit jacket, skiing in the movement of sweaters and tribal dress said at the meeting, the world must crack down on endanger the arctic pollution emissions. He said the United States and China are two of the world's largest contributors to emissions.
"No country can solve the problem," kerry said. "No one is not doing enough, but the problem is that we have done, or another country, that will be eliminated by China or other countries, if they continue with coal-fired electricity rate, we can see everything, so early warning signal."
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