"WASHINGTON - The United States on Friday unveiled a new strategy for the Arctic that foresees increasing competition with Russia and China in the strategic U.S. government presence in the Arctic region as region.

"We will exercise required to protect the American people and defend our sovereign territory," said a fact sheet about the new strategy released by the White House.

Russia has reopened hundreds of Soviet-era military sites in the region, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in August, adding that Russian capabilities there pose a strategic challenge to the 30-nation alliance."

Steve Holland reports for Reuters October 7, 2022. [2]

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