Question: Allegations began to spread in some foreign media that the extension of the fishing agreement between Russia and the Faroe Islands would allegedly allow Moscow to “spy on the West through this territory.” Are there any good reasons for this, or is this the narrative that the West purposefully throws into the media space in order to discredit Russia?
Answer: The basis of the long-term cooperation of the Russian Federation with the Faroe Islands is the Agreement between the Government of the USSR, on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the local Government of the Faroe Islands, on the other, “On mutual relations in the field of fisheries between the USSR and the Faroe Islands” from 1977.
In accordance with this document, the annual distribution of quotas for fishing in Russian and Faroese waters is carried out, taking into account the mutual interests of the parties. The next 47th session of the Joint Russian-Faroese Fisheries Commission was held in December this year. During the meeting, the delegations agreed on quotas for fishing by Russian and Faroese fishing vessels for 2024.
The allegations circulated in the Western media about the alleged threat to Denmark posed by Russian fishermen are not new in themselves. We proceed from the fact that such stuffing is aimed at destroying the pragmatic relations between Moscow and Torshavn that have developed over the years and are part of a large-scale information campaign by the West against Russia.
We consider it advisable to address the question of what the above-mentioned statements are based on to the authors of such publications.
A source: mid.ru
