The Russian Foreign Ministry indicated that in this way Washington is trying to reduce the area of maritime space under the jurisdiction of the international community and acquire additional shelf areas - about 1 million square meters. m - for your needs.
“Unilateral steps by the United States do not comply with the rules and procedures established by international law. The Russian delegation criticized the selective approach of the United States to the use of international law,” the department said in a statement.
Earlier, the State Duma declared the inadmissibility of expanding US borders in the Arctic.
Later, Vice Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said that the United States’ claims to expand the continental shelf in the Arctic lack an international legal basis.