territorial waters

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It comes as Norway made headlines last week when it became the first county in the world to allow future deep-sea mining in its territorial waters.

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Mr Salvini - who a year earlier had announced his intention to "close the ports" of Italy to NGO rescue ships - immediately signed a decree banning the vessel from entering Italian territorial waters.

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In December, the Maldivian government said it was terminating a bilateral agreement with India that permitted Delhi to collaborate in mapping the seabed in Maldivian territorial waters.

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The captain has been asked to move out of Taiwan's territorial waters, but he refuses: "What territorial waters are you talking about? Taiwan doesn't have any territorial waters!"

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There were even riots in 2014 which killed several people and destroyed dozens of foreign-owned factories, after China positioned an oil rig in what Vietnam considers its own territorial waters.

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