The 2010 Norway-Russia Marine Boundary Agreement and Bilateral Cooperation on Integrated Oceans Management

• Published in: Nordlit
• Main Author: Alf Håkon Hoel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Norwegian
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2012
• Subjects: Boundary agreement; Barents Sea; Norway and Russia; Arctic; Norwegian literature; PT8301-9155; Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/13.2297; https://doaj.org/article/bebcc31e458d41c2aeff83223c266f72

More than three decades in the making, the 2010 agreement between Norway and Russia on a bounadry in the Barents Sea establishes a boundary, continues cooperation in fisheries, and lays the framework for cooperation on petroleum deposits straddling the boundary. The importance of the boundary goes well beyond the Barents Sea, as it demonstrated the capability of Arctic countries to resolve issues in a peaceful manner on the basis of international law. The agreement settles the most important outstanding foreign policy issue between the two countries and opens up new opportunities for cooperation. The article gives a brief overview of the agreement, the its negotiation and its implications at various levels of governance.