“We have many important issues 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,” Putin said, among other things
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks today with senior security officials on the status of Russia’s efforts to legally extend the outer limits of its continental shelf to Arctic Ocean.
Russia in 2021 he applied to United Nations looking forward to redefining its continental shelf, which is believed to contain vast untapped oil and gas deposits.
Moscow has said at the time that it wants much more of the Arctic seabed, a move that has had implications for Canada and Denmark, which have their own claims.
A continental shelf is defined under international law as an area of ​​usually shallow water bordering a country’s coastline, which is considered an extension of its territory, giving the country the right to exploit its natural resources.
“We have many 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 workPutin said, according to the Kremlin website.
The Kremlin he did not immediately elaborate on the meeting, which was attended by several high-ranking officials, including Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Sergei Naryskin, the head of the foreign intelligence service.
Russia’s Arctic neighbors have been particularly concerned about Moscow’s ambitions in the strategically important region since it sent tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine last February.
NATO member countries have stepped up military exercises in the Arctic in recent years as Russia has expanded and renewed its military infrastructure in the region.
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