"My hope is that, when it comes to the Arctic, there is more cooperation. We have other areas, other issues where things are very rocky with Russia right now," Murkowski said when asked how cooperation will be influenced by the new US administration.
The senator noted, "When it comes to the Arctic, it’s a different space for working with Russian partners."
She added that Russian parliamentarians were present at the February 24 meeting of the Standing Committee of the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (CPAR) in Anchorage.
"We talked about levels of cooperation when it comes to search and rescue exercises, oil spill prevention exercises, the cooperation, if you will, in areas of scientific research," Murkowski said.
The CPAR comprises Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States.
