The White House announced plans to "compete effectively" with Russia and China

According to RIA Novosti with reference to the US administration, the strategy determines the intensified strategic competition in the Arctic over the past ten years.

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) is designed to respond and position the United States in such a way as to effectively compete and manage these tensions,” the White House said.

In accordance with this, the United States decided to start building three new icebreakers in addition to those already in use.

In August, the State Department reported that the administration intends to establish an ambassador-at-large in the Arctic to advance US interests in the region.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance should strengthen its role in the Arctic, taking into account the intensification of the policy of Russia and China in the Arctic region.