Select committee: International Relations and Defence Committee
Conclusion 139
1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic
Published 29 Nov 2023
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
In other regions, China has tended to push back against international norms that it sees as constraining its interests. Defence analysts in Norway noted that while Russia had an incentive to maintain the current governance arrangements in the Arctic, which broadly favour its interests, the incentives for China to do so were less clear. 156 Chinese interest in shipping routes
From: International Relations and Defence Committee, 1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic, 29 November 2023
Government response
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