Grey Zone Agreement
The Grey Zone Agreement (Norwegian: Gråsoneavtalen) was a provisional agreement between Norway and the Soviet Union to serve as a base to handle unresolved issues of jurisdiction and resource access in the disputed areas of the Barents Sea. The negotiations about it were concluded in 1977 and it was ratified in 1978.[1]
The Russian point of view on the history of these negotiations was published in a 2013 book Россия теряет Арктику? by Vyacheslav Zilanov translated into Norwegian as Mister Russland Arktis? in 2018.[2]
Initially concluded for one year, in was successfully renewed each year.[3] The issue was resolved in 2010 by an agreement between Norway ad Russia.[4]
References
- ^ Kristoffer Stabrun The Grey Zone Agreement of 1978. Fishery Concerns, Security Challenges and Territorial Interests , December 2009
- ^ Gunnar Nerdrum, Review of Vjatsheslav Zilanov, Mister Russland Arktis? (Россия теряет Арктику?), March 2019, doi:10.23865/arctic.v10.1675
- ^ Thilo Neumann, Norway and Russia Agree on Maritime Boundary in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean, American Society of Internatial Law, November 10, 2010
- ^ Enighet mellom Norge og Russland i delelinjeforhandlingene, 27 April, 2010