Klimkin: Ukraine to file comprehensive suit against Russia this week over violations of UN Convention on Sea Law

10:01, 13.09.2016 1 min read

Ukraine will file a large-scale comprehensive suit against Russia in an international court this week, and this claim concerns the violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin has said.

"The first big lawsuit will be lodged as early as this week. It concerns the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It is in fact comprehensive, as it contains such fundamental issues as the use of maritime space, infringements on environmental safety, and also cultural heritage facilities. It is a very large-scale claim," he told the Svoboda Slova (Freedom of Speech) program on ICTV on Monday evening.

Any claim initiated within the framework of such conventions provides for three stages: the rights, restitution of these rights, and compensation, he said. "For sure, we'll go as far as the compensation, it is absolutely clear," he added.