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According to the global network on December 25, a few days ago, the United States issued a statement unilaterally announced:The United States will expand the scope of its Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) sovereignty in the Arctic and Bering Sea regions.
According to documents released by the United States, the "extended continental shelf sovereignty area" unilaterally claimed by the United States this time mainly revolves around Alaska, extending from the northeast of Alaska to the Arctic Circle and the west to the Bering SeaThe total area is about 1 million square kilometers.
The extent of the "extended continental shelf" declared by the United States).
Geographically, this large area of "sovereignty" claimed by the United States has a large border line located near the Russian border, which is obviously very likely to cause strong dissatisfaction on the Russian side. However, the United States said in the document"The expansion of the borders of the United States will not give rise to territorial disputes with Russia".It only stated that "coordination with Japan and Canada is required".
It is not difficult to see that the US authorities do not want this matter to be overly concerned and provoke a fierce reaction from the Russian side, but want to secretly occupy the land. But how could Russia allow the United States to do this?
The United States wants to take a large part of the Bering Sea as its own).
As soon as this matter was made public, it aroused strong dissatisfaction from the Russian side. The chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian Federation Karasin criticized"Russia will take all measures to safeguard Russia's national interests in the Arctic";The first deputy chairman of the agency, Vladimir Dzhabarov, also made it clear that Russia also has sovereignty over this part of the sea (claimed by the United States), and Russia will take measures to defend its interests. He also warned:"Russia will react resolutely, because all Arctic countries should have equal rights, and the rights of Russia and the United States in the Arctic are exactly the same, if not more".
* The chairman of the Arctic Committee of the Home Duma, Haritonov, also said that the unilateral claim of the United States to territorial sovereignty over large areas of the Arctic Circle will only increase tensions between the United States and Russia, and Russia cannot accept such behavior.
American icebreakers into the Arctic)
He also urged the United States to refrain from unilateral territorial claims, but to conduct scientific investigations and studies to prove the geological affiliation of these areas by collecting sufficient evidence, just as Russia did when it studied the core of its continental shelf and led to the recognition of Russia's territorial waters by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
In addition, Rebecca Pinska, director of the Wilson Institute, notedThe United States unilaterally demarcates the area of the continental shelf without adopting the Convention on the Law of the Sea and refuses to consult and communicate with other countries, which is similar to "banditry" and violates international rules, which is likely to attract the dissatisfaction of more countries.
Russia conducts scientific expeditions within the Arctic Circle).
According to the current international law, the sovereignty of the Arctic and Arctic Ocean regions does not belong to any country, and the natural resources of the high seas are under the jurisdiction of the United Nations International Seabed Authority. This time, the United States dared to directly ignore international law and claim that a large part of the territorial waters of the Arctic Circle belonged to the United States, in fact, it was to grab these seabed resources.
It is reported that these areas claimed by the United States have been carefully explored and studied by the United States before, confirming that these areas are rich in resourcesThe region has a large number of oil and gas resources, as well as a large number of important minerals such as lithium and tellurium and 16 rare earth minerals that are urgently needed in the United States.
Russia is exploiting seabed gas in its exclusive economic zone).
There is no doubt that the United States, as a rogue state that has not signed the Convention on the Law of the Sea, wants to grab resources is completely understandable, after all, it is not the first time that they have done so. However, this does not mean that the United States will dare to do so.
On the one hand, Russia is a well-known power in the Arctic Circle, and Russia has rich experience in military operations and normalized military deployment in the Arctic Circle. On the other hand, the U.S. actions in the Arctic Circle are highly dependent on Russian scientific research and meteorological observations, and the Arctic route also needs to be maintained by Russia. If Russia cuts off cooperation with the United States on the Arctic issue, the United States will be the biggest victim. Therefore, it is probably unrealistic for the United States to unilaterally seize Arctic territory.