The Russian Defense Ministry obtained new comprehensive evidence the Arctic Ocean shelf belongs to Russia, the UN will consider it at a meeting in February, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said Friday at a meeting of the maritime board under the government in St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 18th October, 2019) The Russian Defense Ministry obtained new comprehensive evidence the Arctic Ocean shelf belongs to Russia, the UN will consider it at a meeting in February, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said Friday at a meeting of the maritime board under the government in St. Petersburg.
"The Russian Defense Ministry conducted additional bathymetric and gravimetric studies, as well as acoustic profiling. I believe these studies will be sufficient to exhaustively substantiate our application at a meeting of the commission to be held in February 2020," he said.
