The court allowed the dispute over Snake Island.

KommentariiZmeiny waiting prigovora22.09.2008V Hague ends dispute Romania and Ukraine on the Black Sea section shelfaMezhdunarodny UN court ruled on the case on the status of Snake Island, UNIAN reported. The court concluded that the Snake, which argue Ukraine and Romania, can not be taken into account in favor of Ukraine to the section the continental shelf.
The court decision, according to the "ЛiгаÐ'iзнесIнформ", states that "the island has no influence on the possible expansion of the exclusive economic zone of Ukraine."
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, according to UNIAN, expressed satisfaction with the decision. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Kupchyshyn, in particular, drew attention to the fact that the Snake "was recognized as an island with a territorial sea of 12 nautical miles." At the same time, he noted that the island has not been recognized as a relevant factor for the increase in the exclusive economic zone of Ukraine. " The official added that the Ukrainian-Romanian relations are now "removed the last of problem situations."
The controversy around the snake was between Ukraine and Romania for several years. A few dozen kilometers away, let's have been found significant reserves of oil and gas. From what the status would be an island, dependent partition the continental shelf between the two countries.
According to Romania, Snake is actually not an island, a rock, and can not be taken into account in the section of the disputed territory. Ukraine, in turn, insists that the Snake is an island and is taken into account in determining the exclusive economic zone. According to Kiev, the disputed territory of the shelf should be divided in a ratio of 1:3 in favor of Ukraine.
Recall that the Ukrainian authorities over the past several years to build up and populate Snake, that claims the Romanian side of the "uninhabitable and unsuitable for economic activities of the cliff" have failed. In 2007, the residential complex, located on the island, received the official status of the village.
February 2, the head of press service of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vasily Kirilich as reported UNIAN, said that the Ukrainian side to comply with any decision on the Snake, which will take the International Court of Justice.