中国与印度、新加坡、意大利、日本和韩国一道成为观察员国。此前,中国政府积极地对该组织的北欧成员国进行了游说,这些国家后来支持了中国的申请。
'This is exactly what we hoped for,' said Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide in a phone interview, adding that expansion makes the council 'a lot more relevant to the whole world.'
挪威外交大臣艾德(Espen Barth Eide)在接受电话采访时说,这正是我们所希望的。他补充说,理事会的扩大能够增加其在整个世界的影响力。
Among the permanent members -- the U.S., Russia, Canada, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Denmark -- the Nordic countries represent a view that allowing in more participants could bolster the forum's clout on such issues as natural resources and climate change in the region. Canada, which now takes over the chairmanship of the council from Sweden, had expressed caution, arguing expanding the council could complicate its work and reduce the focus on indigenous populations.
北极理事会的成员包括美国、俄罗斯、加拿大、挪威、芬兰、冰岛、瑞典和丹麦。其中,北欧国家普遍的观点是,允许更多参与者可能会增加论坛在该地区自然资源和气候变化等问题上的影响力。刚刚从瑞典获得理事会主席国位置的加拿大表达了谨慎态度,加拿大认为,理事会的扩大可能会使工作复杂化,削弱对本土人口的关注。
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