Russia rejects US sea annexations
American plans would violate international law, Moscow has said
Moscow does not recognize Washington’s attempt to illegally claim over a million square kilometers of maritime territory, including in the Arctic and the Bering Sea, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.
Russian representatives informed the Council of the International Seabed Authority of this on Monday. The council is currently meeting in Kingston, Jamaica and operates under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The US is “unilaterally trying to reduce the area of the seabed under the Authority, and hence the entire international community,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.