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of the 5th Meeting of the Delegations of Ukraine and the Russian
Federation to Determine the Legal Status of the Sea of Azov and
the
Kerch Strait and to Delimit the Maritime Spaces in the Black Sea
On March 26, 1999, Moscow hosted the 5th Meeting of the Delegations
of Ukraine and the Russian Federation to Determine the Legal Status
of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and to Delimit the Maritime
Spaces in the Black Sea (the lists of delegation members are
enclosed).
Meeting agenda:
1. Approval of the draft agreements between Ukraine and the
RussianFederation on the legal status of the Sea of Azov and on
navigation in itswaters and on the legal status of the Kerch
Strait.
2. Regarding navigation in the Kerch Strait.
3. Regarding preparations for the signing of the draft agreement
betweenUkraine and the Russian Federation on delimitation of the
continental shelf andthe exclusive (maritime) economic zones in the
Black Sea.
4. Regarding the basic principles of cooperation between Ukraine
and theRussian Federation in the Sea of Azov and Black Sea
region.
5. Miscellaneous.
Regarding item one:
a) The parties reaffirmed their readiness to continue the
negotiation processwith a view to approving the draft agreement
between Ukraine and the RussianFederation on the legal status of
the Sea of Azov and on navigation in itswaters, proceeding from the
premise that the Sea of Azov will retain status asinternal waters
of Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
The Russian side proposed (alongside continued consultations to
approve the draft agreement between Ukraine and the Russian
Federation on the legal status of the Sea of Azov and on navigation
in its waters) looking into the matter of legal formalization of
this status via an exchange of notes, which would constitute an
agreement between the parties confirming the status of the Sea of
Azov as internal waters of the two states, of which the UN
Secretariat would be subsequently notified.
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The Ukrainian side will examine this proposal and present its
response in the prescribed manner.
The Russian side has reaffirmed its position on (what it
believes to be) the key second provision dealing with the status of
the Sea of Azov, specifically the need to avoid the kind of
delimitation in its waters, which would cause the Sea of Azov to be
granted status as international waters. The parties confirmed their
interest in continued elaboration of the proposal previously put
forward by the Russian side to define functional zones of
responsibility and jurisdiction of the parties in the Sea of
Azov.
The Ukrainian side believes that delimitation of the state
border in the Sea of Azov would not change the status of internal
waters. The Ukrainian side believes that the undefined boundaries
of sovereign rights of Ukraine and the Russian Federation in the
Sea of Azov hurt the economy of both Ukraine and the Russian
Federation and adversely affect the wellbeing of the people of both
states.
The Ukrainian side is in turn prepared to elaborate specific
proposals regarding the definition of functional zones of
responsibility.
b) The Russian side reaffirmed its position to the effect that
the status ofinternal waters of Ukraine and the Russian Federation
should be extended tothe Kerch Strait, proceeding from the
uninterrupted geographic, natural, andeconomic unity of the
Azov-Kerch waters and the vital interests of the twostates in this
region. The parties outlined an approach toward joint use of
thestrait in terms of management of vessel traffic and other
commercial activitythrough regulation of organizational,
engineering, financial, and economicconditions by separate
agreements, as well as creation of an administrative orother joint
body for managing vessel traffic and the use of fairways.
The Ukrainian side pointed out the fact that the line of the
Ukrainian-Russian state border in the Kerch Strait was drawn back
in the times of the Soviet Union and—according to provisions of
international law, effective Ukrainian-Russian treaties and
agreements, and national laws of Ukraine—is the line of the state
border between two sovereign states: Ukraine and the Russian
Federation.
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Proceeding from the principle of legal succession of the states
with respect to the territory and considering the affirmation of
the status of the state border by bilateral interstate agreements,
the Ukrainian side reaffirmed its position regarding the need to
enter into an agreement on the legal status of the Kerch
Strait.
Regarding item two:
The Russian side spoke in favor of bringing order to various
aspects of navigation in the Kerch Strait in conjunction with and
in the context of the legal status of the strait, which shall be
formulated according to the principles of equitable and mutually
advantageous cooperation, and fair regulation of rights and
liability.
The Ukrainian side yet again directed attention of the Russian
side to the fact that the ports of Kavkaz and Temryuk (Russian
Federation) unlawfully declared Fairways Nos. 50 and 52 (which, in
the opinion of the Ukrainian side, are located in the waters of
Ukraine) to be part of the waters of these ports.
Simultaneously with efforts to define the legal status of the
Kerch Strait, the parties have also agreed to step up cooperation
in the matter of approving the navigation practices in the strait
at the level of the relevant maritime and other services of the two
states and port authorities in the Kerch Strait region.
Regarding item three:
The parties expressed readiness to expedite efforts aimed at
practical approval of the draft agreement on the delimitation of
the territorial sea, continental shelf and the exclusive (marine)
economic zones of Ukraine and the Russian Federation in the Black
Sea, and to this end have agreed to form expert work groups of the
parties.
The Ukrainian side made a preliminary proposal to hold a meeting
of expert work groups in mid-April 1999 in Kyiv.
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Regarding item four:
Simultaneously with ongoing efforts to approve the
above-mentioned draft agreements, the Russian side proposed
returning to the review of the Draft Integrated Program of
Cooperation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in the
Azov-Kerch Region proposed by the Russian side during the third
round of delegation meetings in April 1998. The Russian side
expressed readiness to supplement this draft with provisions on
cooperation in the Black Sea region and consider the relevant
proposals of the Ukrainian side.
The position of the Ukrainian side on this issue is expressed in
the Minutes of the 4th Meeting of the Delegations of Ukraine and
the Russian Federation (September 23, 1998, Kyiv). In particular,
the Ukrainian side has denounced the Russian draft of the
Integrated Program of Cooperation between the Russian Federation
and Ukraine in the Azov-Kerch Region as being unacceptable and in
contravention of the national interests of Ukraine.
XXX
The next meeting of the delegations of Ukraine and the Russian
Federation to determine the legal status of the Sea of Azov and the
Kerch Strait and to delimit the maritime spaces in the Black Sea
will take place in the second half of May 1999 in Ukrainian
territory.
These minutes were drawn up in duplicate, in the Ukrainian and
Russian languages.
March 26, 1999 Moscow
FOR THE UKRAINIAN DELEGATION
FOR THE RUSSIAN DELEGATION
[SIGNATURE] [SIGNATURE] Yu. KOSTENKO V. KUZNETSOV
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