Iceland wants to preserve Arctic from US-China tensions: PM

Reykjavik (AFP) July 30, 2020

Iceland wants to protect the Arctic from rising global tensions between the United States and China, the Icelandic Prime Minister said Thursday in an interview with AFP. His comments followed a trip to Denmark last week by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during which he criticised China for designating itself a near-Arctic nation. "We have obviously seen a rise in tensions between th