“We are observing the processes in other countries, India is not one of them, where some concerns are expressed about the fact that Russia is actively developing the Northern Sea Route.
There are suggestions that we are supposedly going to restrict someone.
This is not true, we are not going to limit anyone, ”the head of state said.
Moreover, Russia is interested in this work being built in strict accordance with international maritime law, the 1982 convention, the president added.
"The most economically profitable and safest route of the Northern Sea Route passes through Russian territorial waters, the Russian inland sea ... The more efficiently this route is used by all interested countries, the better," Putin recalled.
Earlier, Finland announced its interest in the Northern Sea Route.