MODERN PROBLEMS OF DELIMITATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN STATES WITH THEIR COASTLINES OPPOSITE AND ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER WITHIN THE EXCLUSIVE (MARITIME) ECONOMIC ZONE OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The article focuses on modern problems of delimitation of exclusive maritime economic zones ofstates with opposite and adjacent to each other coastlines as one of the components of sustainable use of resourcesof exclusive economic zones by the Black Sea states. The premises for completion of the Agreement between theGovernment of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on the border line of economic (maritime)zones were also analyzed. The delimitation of the exclusive (maritime) economic zone between Ukraine andTurkey is based on the approach similar to the delimitation of the exclusive economic zones of the states with thecoordination of the continental shelf borders. An integral part of the agreement is considered to be the provisionof rejection of the use of force or even the threat of it for all international disputes must be settled peacefully, andalso the parties get an agreement to be consulted in order to develop their relations and exchange points of view oninternational and regional issues. These provisions fully implement the fundamental provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Seain terms of peaceful settlement of disputes in accordance with the general principles of international law. TheUkraine – Romanian relations were paid attention to as for a long time they have been accomplished by the conflictexisted over the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf of the Black Sea. The verdictof the UN International Court of Justice is the legal basis for establishing maritime borders between states. It hasbeen proved that the establishment of borders is the primary condition for further cooperation of states on safeand sustainable use of resources of exclusive economic zones, but the above mentioned states have not reached aregional agreement on the issue yet.The current state of implementation of maritime legal state subject of Ukraine and the Russian Federation wasconsidered under the conditions of the annexation of Crimea and the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhanskregions. It was established that the previous agreements were denounced unilaterally, resulting in a conflict betweenthe states over the maritime borders and the territory of the exclusive (maritime) economic zone of Ukraine. Itis determined that territorial disputes between states can be resolved through negotiations as means of peacefulsettlement of any issue provided by the Charter of the United Nations.