Canada is joining its circumpolar allies in pulling out of the upcoming Arctic Council meetings, which Russia is scheduled to chair.
In a joint statement by seven of the council’s eight member nations, Canada, along with Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the U.S., condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, stating it violates the Arctic Council’s core principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The seven countries said they were suspending all their work with the council indefinitely.
“I think that the states, other than Russia, did what they had to do,” said Evan Bloom, a former member of the U.S. Department of State who helped
