Ukrainian foreign ministry sues Russia over breaches of Convention on the Law of the Sea
Ukraine has initiated arbitration proceedings against Russia under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, aiming to defend its rights as a coastal state in waters off Crimea, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
"Ukraine requests arbitrators to confirm its rights as a coastal state and oblige the Russian Federation to cease international legal acts in the respective coastal waters, and also to give Ukraine appropriate representations and guarantees that the acts will not be repeated, and compensate for the damages inflicted by the Russian Federation to affect Ukraine," the ministry said in a request of arbitration that it has published.
"Ukraine seeks that Russian Federation cease to violate provisions of the Convention, alongside protection of its rights in the Black sea, the Sea of Azov and the Strait of Kerch, including Ukraine's rights to natural resources of the Crimean continental shelf that belong to Ukrainian people," it said.
In addition, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry noted that on September 14, it sent a notification on the arbitration together with a request to initiate arbitration proceedings to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
