





Romania's legal representative at the International Court of Justice talks about case against Ukraine
Aurescu declared that this upcoming stage is crucial because the opinions will be made completely public. Moreover, he underlined the fact that the Court's due decision is final and compulsory. Aurescu added that a final decision will be expected in 2009.
Aurescu warns that the decision does not rule on the Serpent's Island issue even if Ukrainian officials attempt to prove the contrary. Moreover, he explained that the issue regarding the continental plateau is not a territorial one but it's a typical case of maritime boundary.
Thus, the current case present at the court deals with the continental plateau but the 100 billion natural gas resources and 10 million tons of oil which the plateau has is not a criteria taken into account by the court.