2003 Russia–Ukraine agreement on the Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait

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The 2003 Russia–Ukraine agreement on the Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait is a bilateral treaty that defined the shared use, legal status, and navigation regime of these waters between the two countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
treaty on navigation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Treaty between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on Cooperation in the Use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait ⓘ
appliesTo Kerch-Yenikale Canal ⓘ
ports on the Sea of Azov ⓘ
characterizesAs internal waters of Russia and Ukraine ⓘ
contextOf Russia–Ukraine relations ⓘ
status of Crimea and adjacent waters ⓘ
countrySignatory Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia

Ukraine ⓘ
defines legal status of the Kerch Strait ⓘ
legal status of the Sea of Azov ⓘ
navigation regime in the Kerch Strait ⓘ
navigation regime in the Sea of Azov ⓘ
shared use of the Kerch Strait by Russia and Ukraine ⓘ
shared use of the Sea of Azov by Russia and Ukraine ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 2004 ⓘ
field law of the sea ⓘ
governs access to Russian ports on the Sea of Azov ⓘ
access to Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov ⓘ
hasClause cooperation in environmental protection ⓘ
cooperation in fisheries management ⓘ
freedom of merchant shipping for Russian and Ukrainian vessels ⓘ
mutual consent required for third-state warship passage ⓘ
hasParty Russia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
legalBasisFor joint control of navigation in the Kerch Strait ⓘ
joint control of navigation in the Sea of Azov ⓘ
legalEffect established joint use of the Sea of Azov ⓘ
restricted access of foreign military vessels ⓘ
placeOfConclusion Kerch ⓘ
precedes 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea ⓘ
region Black Sea basin ⓘ
regulates commercial navigation in the Kerch Strait ⓘ
commercial navigation in the Sea of Azov ⓘ
passage of warships of third states ⓘ
relatedTo United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
signedBy President of Russia Vladimir Putin ⓘ
linked to: Vladimir Putin

President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma ⓘ
linked to: Leonid Kuchma
signedIn 2003 ⓘ
Kerch ⓘ
subjectOf Kerch Strait ⓘ
Sea of Azov ⓘ
disputes after 2014 over its validity and application ⓘ
typeOfBoundaryRegime shared internal waters regime ⓘ

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Russia–Ukraine maritime disputes → relatedToAgreement → 2003 Russia–Ukraine agreement on the Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait ⓘ
2003 Russia–Ukraine agreement on the Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait → alsoKnownAs → Treaty between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on Cooperation in the Use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait ⓘ
linked to: 2003 Russia–Ukraine agreement on the Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait