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The foreign ministers of the US, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland Norway and Canada arrive and pose for a group photo as the Arctic Council ministerial meeting in the Finnish city of Rovaniemi opens. IMAGES of the family photo
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warns Western countries against attempting to stake claim in the Arctic ahead of this week's Arctic Council meeting in Reykjavik. SOUNDBITE
"These provocative actions are part of a pattern of aggressive Russian behaviour here in the Arctic," said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at an Arctic Council meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland. SOUNDBITES
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo an Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shake hands before reporters in the Finnish city of Rovaniemi before the beginning of an Arctic Council ministerial meeting. 1ST IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov during his visit to Strasbourg to mark the 70th anniversary of the Council of Europe. Sentsov is the highest-profile prisoner released during a recent swap with Russia. Sentsov was arrested in 2014 and was serving a 20-year sentence in a Russian Arctic penal colony for planning "terrorist attacks" in Moscow-annexed Crimea. His jailing sparked a star-studded international campaign calling for his release and he became a symbol of Kiev's resistance. IMAGES
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, meets Charles Michel, President of the European Council, in Brussels. The 47-year-old Kremlin critic died in an Arctic prison on February 16 after spending more than three years behind bars, prompting outrage and condemnation from Western leaders and his supporters. IMAGES
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