President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, said State Secretary Ingvild Næss Stub its criticism of Russia does not belong to a conference on dialogue in the Arctic.
Secretary Ingvild Næss Stub Foreign Ministry went to vigorously attack on Russia from the pulpit.
Næss Stub made ​​it abundantly clear that Norway supports Ukraine and condemn Russia’s approach at the Crimean peninsula.
At the same time she addressed directly to the Russian and Ukrainian students in the audience.
– You are the proof that it is possible to have dialogue and cooperation she said firmly.

Secretary Næss Stub also got booed thoroughly by the Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson attending the conference .
He thought it was inappropriate to use a dialogue conference to condemn one of the major Arctic countries .
– It does not take us more than an hour to destroy the Arctic cooperation , Grimsson said from the pulpit .

Moreover , he pointed out that there is much at stake in a situation like this .
– The model the Arctic countries have created together over the past twenty years, is the only model of success when it comes to cooperation between nations in the north end of the Cold War. Therefore one should be very careful with the way they bring each country’s conflicts into this kind of dialogue , said Grimsson .
To create discord between nations while tapering situation is still in its early stages, he cautioned against too .
– We must be very careful to split the Arctic cooperation in groups. It serves no purpose. I am willing to talk about the situation in any other forum, but not here , he said further .
The County Director of Nordland, Thomas Norvoll , also supported Grimsson påpakning to the Secretary of State. He believes the president did the conference back on track, but regret that when to create dialogue in the north, as one does the opposite. Norvoll is clear that the Arctic Dialogue was the wrong venue and it was a shame this happened especially because there were many young students from these countries in the saddle .

Student Olga Sorvanova from Archangel liked the State Secretary’s condemnation very poor
She reacts to the Secretary of State uses the conference to condemn Russia with many Russian students present.
– Wrong place and time , mean Sorvanova saying she could not do anything but tell .
– My commitment is no support for Putin , but because it sits in the audience many Russians who are not part of the conflict. This was just a condemnation and no dialogue , she said.
Sorvanova is concerned that the conflict in the Crimea and in Ukraine has multiple pages. She points out that Ukraine is a very divided country , and that the conflict did not start with Russian aggression , but as an internal conflict in Ukraine with demonstrations in Kiev.
– Very understandable that she said from. It says Mikhail Noskov is Russian Consul General in Kirkenes. He began his presentation by praising Olga Sorvanova by saying that her speech to the audience during the Arctic Dialogue was very understandable , not to mention emotional .
Consul General did not elaborate on the situation in Ukraine.

The Secretary of State said in its response to the criticism of the President, the situation had to be brought in court.
– This situation is serious and dramatic that it should not be mentioned at a conference like this. It is Norway’s stance, along with our allies and the EU and NATO, that we are talking about a violation of international law, said Næss Stub.

 

From local news: http://www.an.no/nyheter/article7238911.ece