The Russian Duma (Parliament) will within a month ratifiy the treaty between Norway and Russia concerning the Maritime Delimitation and Cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergeij Lavrov said this following a meeting with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in Kaliningrad on Monday.
The Norwegian Parliament (Storting) ratified the treaty in February.
The agreement establishes the maritime boundary between Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean. It also includes provisions on the continuation of fisheries cooperation and cooperation on the management of any oil and gas deposits that extend across the delimitation line.
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The Norwegian Government has presented a proposal to open for petroleum activity in new areas in the south-eastern Barents Sea.
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Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has announced that the Norwegian Government intends to start additional seismic surveys further north in the previously disputed area of the Barents Sea.
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- It is the Government’s ambition that Norway shall remain a significant supplier of oil and gas to the world markets for a long time, says Minister of Oil and Energy, Terje Riis-Johansen (photo).
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Norway's Statoil takes a positive view of the new agreement reached on Tuesday between Norway and Russia on the delimitation line in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
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An agreement has been reached between the Norwegian and the Russian negotiating delegations on the bilateral maritime delimitation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
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Norway and Russia have reached an agreement on the disputed borderline between the two countries in the Varangerfjord, which opens into the Barents Sea...
