MOSCOW. Jan 17 (Interfax) - Russia is in final stages of reviewing its application to the United Nations Committee on the Limits of the Continental Shelf over the expansion of its exclusive economic zone in the Arctic Ocean, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"We are currently processing data and completing Russia's application over the Arctic Ocean to reflect the Commission's requirements. Once this work is done, our country will be ready to submit the application with the Commission," the ministry said in a statement posted on its website on Friday.
"Preparations of the reviewed application over the Arctic Ocean are in the final stage," the foreign ministry said.