Russia focused on ‘important’ expansion of continental shelf in Arctic: Putin – National | 24CA News
President Vladimir Putin held talks on Friday with high safety officers in regards to the standing of Russia’s efforts to legally broaden the outer boundaries of its continental shelf within the Arctic Ocean.
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Russia in 2021 filed a submission to the United Nations in search of to redefine its continental shelf, which is believed to comprise huge untapped reservoirs of oil and gasoline. Moscow stated on the time it needed rather more Arctic seabed, a transfer that has implications for Canada and Denmark who’ve their very own claims.
A continental shelf is outlined underneath worldwide legislation as an space of sometimes shallow water bordering a rustic’s shoreline that’s thought-about an extension of its territory, permitting the nation to take advantage of its pure sources.
“We have several important issues today, colleagues, concerning both the domestic agenda and the issue of the outer limit of Russia’s continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. Let’s get to work,” the Kremlin web site cited Putin as saying.
The Kremlin didn’t instantly present additional particulars in regards to the assembly, which comes within the wake of pledges this week by Canada, the U.S. and different nations to supply tanks to Ukraine, as Russia’s invasion of the nation nears the one-year mark.
It was attended by a number of high-ranking officers, together with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Sergei Naryshkin, the overseas intelligence chief.
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Russia’s neighbors within the Arctic have turn out to be more and more involved about Moscow’s ambitions within the strategically necessary area because it despatched tens of hundreds of troops into Ukraine in February final yr.
NATO member states have ramped up Arctic navy workouts in recent times, as Russia has expanded and renewed its navy infrastructure within the area.
— Reporting by Caleb Davis and Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Andrew Osborn. With a file from Global News.
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