Maritime Delimitation in the Arctic: The Barents Sea Treaty |
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| Authors: | Tore Henriksen Geir Ulfstein |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Law , University of Troms? , Troms?, Norway;2. Faculty of Law , University of Oslo , Oslo, Norway |
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| Abstract: | During a visit to Norway by the Russian president in the spring of 2010, the president and the Norwegian prime minister surprisingly announced agreement on a delimitation line in the Barents Sea ending almost 40 years of negotiations. The agreement was signed in Murmansk on 15 September 2010. This article presents the background of the dispute and undertakes an assessment of the agreement and its implications for the Barents Sea, Svalbard, and other Arctic maritime delimitations. |
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| Keywords: | Barents Sea delimitation Norway Russia |
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