China News Service, November 12th, according to Russian Satellite Network, on the 12th local time, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website announced that Russia expressed serious concern about the visit of Norwegian warships to Svalbard, and believed that this was a kind of invisible militarization. .
According to previous reports, the Norwegian navy frigate "Tor Heldar" recently called at the port of Longyearbyen in Svalbard.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Norwegian warship's visit to the archipelago is another action taken by the Norwegian side to include this land in the field of its national military construction.
The source also stated that this demonstration of military power is causing "serious concern" in Russia, and pointed out that "this is not in line with the spirit of the Svalbard Treaty signed in 1920, which stipulates that the use of the islands is purely peaceful. "
Svalbard is located in the northernmost part of Norway and northeast of Greenland. It is rich in underground resources such as coal. The surrounding waters are the main fishing grounds of the Arctic Ocean.
The "Svalbard Treaty" was signed in Paris on February 9, 1920. It is a multilateral international treaty that grants signatories the right to carry out economic and scientific research activities in Svalbard.