Full article China wished to finance a new runway with renovations of €40 million for an airport that would be used to carry out research over the Arctic Ocean
The city of Kemijärvi in Finnish Lapland turned down an offer made in January 2018 by China’s state-funded Polar Research Institute to buy or lease the city’s airport, after it informed the Finnish Armed Forces. But the matter is only now being made public.
The Chinese delegation included members from the country’s Polar Research Institute, the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, and an assistant to the military attaché from the embassy, the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) reported.
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