Memo: Joint Statement by HR/VP Catherine Ashton and EU Commissioner Maria Damanaki regarding Arctic Council decision on EU’s observer status

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and EU Commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries, Maria Damanaki made a statement on 15 May 2013 welcoming the Arctic Council's decision on the EU's application for permanent observership.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Union strategy for the Arctic http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-european-union-strategy-for-the-arctic/

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