![]() Focus was not on safety and after years of exposure to Arctic climate, the site became contaminated and the infrastructure started to fall apart. Likewise, ensuring nuclear safety is another topic for good bilateral cooperation.įor the Soviet nuclear navy, the Coastal Technical Base in Andreeva Bay became the main storage site for both spent fuel assemblies from submarine reactors, as well as a site to store containers with solid radioactive waste. Fisheries inspections and search-and-rescue preparedness are two areas where cooperation goes on without being too much troubled by colder east-west tensions. Onboard are top uniformed officials sailing to port in Kirkenes for bilateral talks on joint practical challenges in the Barents Sea that the two countries will solve in cooperation. Wednesday morning, in the waters northwest of Andreeva Bay, the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel “ KV Nordkapp” welcomed the Russian FSB Coast Guard vessel “ Polyarnaya Zvezda” on the maritime borderline in the Varanger fjord. ![]() ![]() However, the meeting comes in pole position as the two countries are trying to improve bilateral relations in times of more complex geopolitics and higher tensions between NATO and Russia up north. Hindered from on-site meetings due to the pandemic, today’s 25-years anniversary meeting in Andreeva Bay is long overdue. ![]()
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