Oslo refused the offer of head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov to hold a meeting on Svalbard. About it to portal High North News, said the Deputy head of the Norwegian Ministry of foreign Affairs Audun Halvorsen. according to his statement, in the letter head of Russian diplomacy " did not contain anything new." "We respond to requests of the Russian people, having the desire to Svalbard, whether Russian citizens or Russian organizations. However, Norway holds meetings with other countries in the implementation of its sovereignty over any part of Norwegian territory ", - said the state Secretary. Halvorsen noticed that he considers the Russian-Norwegian relations in a constructive and transparent. At the same time the Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs expressed the opinion that Moscow should rebuild relations with the West after the fall in the Ukraine. in early February, Lavrov sent a letter to his Norwegian counterpart, Ine Eriksen Sereide in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Spitsbergen Treaty. in the document the head of Russian diplomacy recalled that the agreement provides the parties are equally free access to the Archipelago to conduct there of economic activity. While Lavrov expressed concern over the restrictions imposed on the use of Russian helicopters, as well as against the citizens of Russia about the deportation from Svalbard. the foreign Ministry also called illegal the establishment of Norway's so-called fisheries protection zone. in the Russian diplomatic Ministry made a proposal to the Norwegian colleagues to conduct bilateral meetings. in addition, last week the Ambassador's residence in Oslo, accused the authorities of the state in violation of the Treaty on Spitsbergen. The Russian Embassy has told, that does not put into question the sovereignty of Norway over the archipelago, But stressed that Svalbard is not a " native Norwegian territory ". employees of the foreign Ministry also reminded that the rule of the treatise is also included on the shelf of the archipelago. As explained in the Embassy of Norway put a reproach to the application sites located within the Treaty on rounds for the allocation of licenses to develop oil and gas resources of the continental shelf. The archipelago of Svalbard located in the Arctic ocean, between 76th and 80th Parallels, and has a special international legal status. The Treaty of 1920 established the sovereignty of Norway on the current site. The countries that are parties to the Treaty, including the Russian Federation, have the opportunity to exploit natural resources and territorial waters. Currently Russia remains the only, Except Norway, a country that is present on the Islands. <span style="color:darkgray