Subject: Re: cnkpru 1:200.000
Date: Nov 24, 2003 @ 14:50
Author: Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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From http://law.optima.ru/View.html?0=42267&1=1 (translated by me):

GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

DECREE

August, 6, 1998, no. 891
Moscow

On the reaching of an Agreement between the Government of the Russian
Federation, the Government of the Chinese People's Republic, and the
Government of the Korean Democratic People's Republic on the
definition of the line of delimitation of the boundary water areas of
the three countries on the Tumannaja river.

The Government of the Russian Federation decrees:
To approve the draft, presented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the Russian Federation, in agreement with the Ministry of Defense of
the Russian Federation, the Federal Boundary Service of the Russian
Federation, and the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, of
the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation, the
Government of the Chinese People's Republic, and the Government of
the Korean Democratic People's Republic on the definition of the line
of delimitation of the boundary water areas of the three countries on
the Tumannaja river (annexed to this decree).
To instruct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
to sign the said Agreement in the name of the Russian Federation,
following the reaching of an agreement with the Chinese and Korean
sides, while allowing it to make changes in and additions to this
draft as long as these are not of principal importance.

The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation,
S. Kirienko

Draft
AGREEMENT
between the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of
the Chinese People's Republic, and the Government of the Korean
Democratic People's Republic on the definition of the line of
delimitation of the boundary water areas of the three countries on
the Tumannaja river.

The Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of the
Chinese People's Republic, and the Government of the Korean
Democratic People's Republic, hereafter named the Sides,
aiming to strengthen and develop their good-neighbourly and friendly
ties, governed by the principles of the reciprocal recognition of
sovereignty, territorial integrity, equality, and reciprocal
advantages,
on the basis of the existing boundary agreements between the three
countries,
with the aim of defining a line, forming a boundary on the Tumannaja
river (Tumèn'czjan, Tumangan) between the water area of the Russian
Federation and the water area of the Korean Democratic People's
Republic, and the joint boundary water area of the Chinese People's
Republic and the Korean Democratic People's Republic (hereafter: line
delimiting the boundary water areas of the three countries),
have agreed to the following:

Article 1
1. The line delimiting the boundary water areas of the three
countries on the Tumannaja river is a straight line, running
perpendicular from boundary marker no. 423 on the Russian-Chinese
state boundary to the line in the middle of the main channel of the
river in between the two river banks.
This line marks the boundary of the Chinese-Korean joint boundary
water area on the Tumannaja river.
2. The state boundary meeting point of the Russian Federation, the
Chinese People's Republic, and the Korean Democratic People's
Republic on the Tumannaja river (hereafter – state boundary meeting
point of the three countries) is located on the point where the line
delimiting the boundary water areas of the three countries intersects
the middle line of the main channel of the river.
This point marks at the same time the starting point of the Russian-
Korean state boundary.

Article 2
In the case of any natural changes taking place on the Tumannaja
river, the location of the line delimiting the boundary water areas
of the three countries will not change until the Sides agree
otherwise.

Article 3
1. The line delimiting the boundary water areas of the three
countries and the state boundary meeting point of the three countries
will be demarcated by three markers, placed on both banks of the
Tumannaja river, in line with the line delimiting the boundary water
areas of the three countries.
As marker no. 1 will serve boundary marker no. 423 on the Russian-
Chinese boundary, located on the left bank of the Tumannaja river,
and has the following co-ordinates:
Lat. = 42°25'10,2" N.
Long. = 130°38'17,7" E.
Marker no. 2 will be erected on the right bank of the Tumannaja river
on Korean territory and has the following co-ordinates:
Lat. = 42°24'59,5" N.
Long. = 130°38'06,5" E.
Marker no. 3 will be erected on the left bank of the Tumannaja river
on Russian territory, its geographical co-ordinates will be
additionally established in the terrain.
The co-ordinates of the markers are established according to the
Pyongyang co-ordinate system.
A boundary marker on the state boundary meeting point of the three
countries, which is located on the water level of the Tumannaja
river, will not be erected.
2. Marker no. 1 consists of a four-sided granite marker on a concrete
base. The side facing Russia bears the inscription in the Russian
language "RF"; the side facing China bears the inscription in the
Chinese language "China", above the name of the country the state
coat-of-arms of the CPR has been fixed. Under the names of the
countries, the number of the boundary marker "423" and the year of
its establishment "1993" have been inscribed in Arabic numerals. On
the other two sides of the marker there are no inscriptions.
Marker no. 2 consists of a three-sided granite marker on a concrete
base. The side facing Russia bears the inscription in the Russian
language "Russia", the side facing China bears the inscription in the
Chinese language "China", the side facing Korea bears the inscription
in the Korean language "Korea". Under the names of the countries, the
number of the marker and the year of establishment are indicated in
Arabic numerals.
Marker no. 3 consists of a three-sided granite marker on a concrete
base. The side facing Russia bears the inscription in the Russian
language "Russia", the side facing China bears the inscription in the
Chinese language "China", the side facing Korea bears the inscription
in the Korean language "Korea". Under the names of the countries, the
number of the marker and the year of establishment are indicated in
Arabic numerals.
Drawings and dimensions of the markers mentioned are annexed to this
Agreement.

Article 4.
1. The Sides will co-operate and will take the appropriate measures
to prevent that the markers are moved, damaged, or lost.
None of the Sides has the right to unilaterally erect other markers
that touch on the goals of this Agreement.
2. The Chinese Side is responsible for the conservation and repair of
marker no. 1, the Korean Side is responsible for that of marker no.
2, and the Russian side is responsible for that of marker no. 3.
3. In the event of the discovery by one of the Sides that any of the
markers has been moved, damaged, or lost, this Side should inform the
other two Sides immediately. The Side that is responsible for the
conservation and repair of the marker involved has to repair the
marker in the presence of representatives of the other two Sides, or
erect a new marker on the place of the former, in accordance with the
drawings and dimensions as indicated in the annex to this Agreement.
On the re-erection of a marker or the erection of a new marker the
Sides will draw up and sign a joint protocol.
4. In case it is necessary to change the location of any of the
markers, the Sides may do so after an agreement has been reached. In
that case the change in the location of the marker may not lead to a
change in the line delimiting the boundary water areas of the three
countries or a change in the state boundary meeting point of the
three countries, established in the present Agreement.
On the changing of the location of a marker the Sides will draw up
and sign a joint protocol.

Article 5
After the coming into force of this Agreement, the Sides will, in the
framework of the trilateral talks, define the concrete location of
the state boundary meeting point of the three countries and the co-
ordinates of marker no. 3, will erect markers no. 2 and 3, will draw
up a descriptive protocol of the state boundary meeting point of the
three countries between the Government of the Russian Federation, the
Government of the Chinese People's Republic, and the Government of
the Korean Democratic People's Republic and will draw up a map of the
area of the state boundary meeting point of the three countries.

Article 6
The present Agreement comes into force at the time of its signing.

Made up in…, the …th of …, 199…, in three copies, each of them in the
Russian, Chinese, and Korean languages, each of the texts having
equal power.

For the Government of the Russian Federation
For the Government of the Chinese People's Republic
For the Government of the Korean Democratic People's Republic


--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Smaardijk"
<smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002" <orc@o...>
wrote:
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen"
> > <jesniel@i...> wrote:
> > > http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/EART/korea/200k/11-52-17.jpg
> >
> > & dig that crazy china proruption with the double chicken neck
> > now visible in all its glory
> >
> > but isnt there some sort of a condo or dispute or some other
> > irregularity in this area that could cancel or revise it all
> >
> > like what is the real deal here
> > does anyone remember
>
> A possible CNKP river condominium.
>
> >
> > & particularly
> > what is the present status & nature of this trijunction
>
> I don't know, but in 1998, KPRU was demarcated except for a small
> part (less than 100 m) between the first KPRU marker pair and
CNKPRU,
> which still needs to be defined (acc. to this report from 1998:
>
http://asiapacific.narod.ru/countries/koreas/border_regulation.htm ).
>
> Peter S.