The Government of Ukraine has approved the Strategy on Antarctica, the Arctic, and the World Ocean, initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

The MFA’s initiative to develop and adopt the Strategy was supported by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and made possible through close cooperation with relevant ministries and agencies, in particular the National Antarctic Scientific Center.

“Ukraine’s systematic presence in the regions of Antarctica, the Arctic, and the World Ocean is of major strategic and geopolitical importance. It provides additional foreign policy instruments, strengthens Ukraine’s national security, enhances our country’s position on the global stage, and contributes to countering Russia’s aggressive policy in these regions,” said Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

The implementation of the objectives set out in the Strategy for the next ten years will allow Ukraine to strengthen its position in Antarctica and to begin active engagement in the Arctic. The Strategy will also facilitate, in the long term, the development of living resources of the World Ocean and the exploitation of polymetallic nodules on the ocean floor.