OTTAWA: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday stressed the need to beef up security along the alliance’s northern flank to counter Russia, as he wrapped up a visit to Canada that included a tour of its Arctic defenses. “The high north is strategically important for Euro-Atlantic security,” Stoltenberg told a news conference at an air base in Cold Lake, Alberta, noting that with Finland and … Continue reading Russian Arctic militarization a ‘strategic challenge’: NATO chief