Subject: Re: Estonian map
Date: Jun 14, 2001 @ 14:14
Author: Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., andreslb2000@y... wrote:
> Thanks Peter, for that question,
>
> Yes, those are Estonian-Russian and Estonian-Latvian disputes:
> Map no 1 "Merepiir Narva Lahel" - the green line indicates Estonian-
> Russian border in Soviet times. The red one will be the new border
> but I remember that this may need to be ratified by Russian
> Parliament (although I am not quite sure whether the land or sea
> border needs to be ratified). If it is so - forget the new border
> because Russia do not want to ratify because of bad relationships
> between Estonia and Russia.
> Map no 2 "Merepiir Liivi lahel" - the green line indicates Estonian-
> Latvian border in Soviet times. The red one is the new border and
the
> orange one belonged to Estonian territorial waters and economic
area
> in the 1990s. Newspapers wrote that kind of border dispute as
> a "sprat war" between Estonia and Latvia because Latvian fishermen
> often crossed Estonian territorial border. So, now the problem is
> solved.
> Map no 3 "Peipsi järv" - the same situation as in the map no 1.
> Map no 4 "Valga" - Savieniba street is inhabited mainly by
estonians,
> therefore Estonia is applying those territories.
>
> Andres