Norway, Russia pleased with progress in delineation of the Barents Sea
Russian and Norway are pleased with the progress in the talks on delimitation of the Barents Sea, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
- We are in a process of negotiation which should not be called a regulation of a dispute, Mr. Lavrov said today in a speech on the key notes in Russian foreign politics in the previous year.
- We are in a process on delimitation of the Barents Sea, and this process is advancing, he said, according to news agency PRIME-TASS.
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- Parts of the delimitation are already agreed upon, signed and approved by the governments, Mr. Lavrov said. - This has laid down important principles that will be used when regulation the rest of the delineation.
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The Russian Foreign Minister would not name a date for when the process will be ready, but underlined that both the Russian and Norwegian sides are pleased with how the process is advancing.
