We cooperate because of necessity. I can't remember the figure off the top of my head, I don't know if you remember, Ferry. But it's about 150,000 flights that do the polar route every year. So irrespective of the things that occur in Europe, and I understand that influences the relationship and the dialogue, we still share space in the Arctic that may require search and rescue. I don't see the Russian hordes advancing across the Arctic to attack our part of the claim of the Lomonosov Ridge. It is a very inhospitable environment, I really just don't see a clear and present danger from a military standpoint.
On April 10th, 2014. See this statement in context.