The muddier we can keep the international and internal waters, the better our chances.
Foreign vessels have no right of passage within internal waters.
A country's internal waters - areas like bays and ports - are a part of that country.
Transit passage rights do not extend to any state's internal waters within a strait.
The bay is a part of Croatia's internal waters.
Of this, land area is 130 800 km2, internal waters (Lakes and rivers) account for 1 140 km2.
The internal water can contaminate the first several liters drawn from the faucet.
It is not a body of water internal to Estonia, but a border lake with a third country, namely Russia.
In order to protect it throughout its life cycle, we must adopt measures that apply to both coastal and internal waters.
This effectively put the entire Ambalat area within its internal waters.