The Russian Foreign Ministry pointed out the illegal expansion of US borders in the Arctic

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Russia does not recognize the outer limits of the continental shelf announced by the United States in December 2023 beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The department noted that Moscow expressed a demarche to Washington on a bilateral basis in connection with plans to illegally expand the boundaries of the continental shelf.

Currently, the city of Kingston (Jamaica) is hosting a session of the Council of the International Seabed Authority, which is designed to regulate the activities of states in the deep seabed area. It operates in accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.



During the session, the Russian delegation announced its non-recognition of the outer limits of the continental shelf declared unilaterally by the United States in December 2023 beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the width of the territorial sea is measured in seven regions of the World Ocean

– emphasized in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Diplomats pointed out that the White House is trying to reduce the area under the jurisdiction of the Seabed Council and acquire additional shelf areas for its own use, which is about one million square kilometers. The Russian department noted that the unilateral steps of the United States do not comply with the rules and procedures established by international law.
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  1. bug120560
    bug120560
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    25 March 2024 16: 03
    Yes, the demarche of the Russian Foreign Ministry frightened the United States so much that now they will be shaking all year. And most likely they will simply ignore it.
    1. Eastman
      Eastman
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      26 March 2024 19: 51
      Yes, they did not care about our Foreign Ministry. All he can do is express concern.

      The armchair experts in geopolitics again howled their mournful song. Fed up with whiners
  2. Michael 68
    Michael 68
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    25 March 2024 16: 23
    Yes, they did not care about our Foreign Ministry. All he can do is express concern.
  3. Yuras
    Yuras
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    25 March 2024 16: 35
    The statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is good, maybe Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev should be transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Let him snarl there, and not just on his page.
  4. Kiril
    Kiril
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    25 March 2024 18: 29
    That is, we are half of the Arctic - this is legal, but for the Merikos the shelf near Alaska is illegal?
  5. vlad127490
    vlad127490
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    25 March 2024 20: 56
    Gentlemen, resolve the issue of illegal use by the United States of Russian territory in the Bering Strait, Chukchi and Bering Seas, Shevardnadze-Baker Agreement of 01.06.1990/34/74000. The agreement has not been ratified, i.e. not legal, but every year officials of the Russian Federation silently deal with the extension, with the wording temporarily, this has been going on for XNUMX years. Russia lost XNUMX sq. km of shelf. What is this government afraid of?