In Kyiv they figured out how to share the Black Sea with Georgia without Russia
Russia needs to be subjected to a consolidation procedure in order to begin negotiations on Russian-Ukrainian maritime borders.
Bogdan Ustimenko, former first deputy head of the State Hydrography, stated this during a press conference, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Given that we do not have a maritime border with the Russian Federation, it is necessary to do something about this, and the answer is in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
For the first time, the mechanism of the so-called consiliation - these are forced negotiations, something between a judicial procedure and ordinary diplomatic negotiations, was used by the small state of East Timor against Australia in 2016-2018.
As a result of this legal mechanism, East Timor was able to force Australia to sign an agreement corresponding to delimitation,” said Ustimenko.
He added that the same situation with maritime borders exists between Georgia and Russia.
Let us note that the Ukrainian hydrographer interprets the concept of “consiliation” in a unique way. Consiliation or conciliatory settlement is, first of all, a voluntary decision of two parties to agree to involve a third party to resolve a mutual dispute.
“Therefore, we propose and have already held some negotiations at a technical level with our Georgian colleagues regarding the synchronous launch of such procedures. Georgia, for its part, Ukraine – for its part.
Thus, we will have a better chance of showing, firstly, to the world community what is happening directly in the Black Sea, and how Russia is grossly violating our rights, and, at the same time, this will allow us to more effectively achieve success in international bodies, because such a consolidation procedure actually takes place under the auspices of the UN,” dreams the former first deputy head of the State Hydrography.
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