• Freedom of navigation (FON) is a principle of law of the sea that ships flying the flag of any sovereign state shall not suffer interference from other...
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    spontaneous" : "...the other parties are even stealing the slogans of Freedom of Navigation. In particular, "since 2019, we have been saying "we are neither...
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    Egypt–Israel peace treaty of 1979, Israel has enjoyed freedom of navigation through the Suez Canal and the Straits of Tiran. Egypt was one of the main Arab countries...
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    Territorial disputes in the South China Sea (category Territorial disputes of China)
    conducted freedom of navigation operations (FONOP) in the region. A 2016 arbitration tribunal, without determining the sovereignty of any of the islands...
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    War. In his speech to the Congress, the president said: Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in...
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    Triton Island (category Baselines of the Chinese territorial sea)
    destroyer USS Stethem navigated within 12 miles of Triton island as part of a FONOP (Freedom of navigation operation). In May 2018, the guided missile destroyer...
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  • Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (2017). The Law of the Sea Primer (PDF). Tufts College. pp. 20, 23. Bosco, Joseph A. "Are Freedom of Navigation Operations...
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    Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (category United States Department of Defense doctrine)
    FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION OPERATIONS: A MISSION FOR UNMANNED SYSTEMS StrategyPage Freedom Of Navigation Operations (21 Mar 2021) Strategy talk: Freedom of...
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  • 2025 Chinese naval exercises in the Tasman Sea (category 21st-century military history of China)
    commitment to freedom of navigation and international law particularly UNCLOS, Australia and New Zealand have conducted their own freedom of navigation operations...
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    USS Benfold (category Destroyers of the United States)
    tug was towed to Yokosuka. Benfold has conducted the following Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPS) in the South China Sea: 12 July 2021 – Paracel...
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    Sea Freedom of Navigation Operation". USNI News. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2023. "Administrative Organization of the Operating Forces of the...
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    June 2024 Ukraine peace summit (category Reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
    the focus of the summit: nuclear safety and security; freedom of navigation and food safety; and humanitarian aspects including protection of civilians...
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  • Transit passage (category Law of the sea)
    is a concept of the law of the sea, which allows a vessel or aircraft the freedom of navigation or overflight solely for the purpose of continuous and...
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    its blockade of Israeli passage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran; the Egyptians had been contesting Israel's freedom of navigation through there...
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    have the freedom of navigation and overflight to cross the strait of Gibraltar in case of continuous transit. The name comes from the Rock of Gibraltar...
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    of having a network of island airbases in both the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal which provides an infrastructure which will guarantee freedom of...
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    Red Sea crisis (category Pages using military navigation subgroups without wide style)
    adopted Resolution 2722, condemning the Houthi attacks and affirming freedom of navigation. The United States-led Operation Prosperity Guardian was launched...
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  • international status while the Straits of Tiran in the Gulf of Aqaba should come under Israeli control to ensure freedom of navigation. A prior condition for realizing...
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    monitoring and defending Saudi territorial waters, ensuring regional freedom of navigation, and protecting commercial sea routes through multinational naval...
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    Free and Open Indo-Pacific (category Foreign relations of Australia)
    elucidation of FOIP went as follows: "Peace, stability, and freedom of navigation in the Pacific Ocean are inseparable from peace, stability, and freedom of navigation...
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    Multinational Force and Observers monitors the compliance of Egypt in maintaining freedom of navigation of the straits, as provided under the Egypt–Israel peace...
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    USS Yorktown (CG-48) (category Cold War cruisers of the United States)
    in the Black Sea as part of Freedom of Navigation program. On 12 February 1988, while Yorktown was exercising the "right of innocent passage" through...
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    United States authorized Naval exercises in the Gulf of Sidra to conduct freedom of navigation (FON) operations. On 21 March 1973, Libyan fighter planes...
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  • Coastal state (category Law of the sea)
    regulations place onto the freedom of navigation. Many states have both maritime and coastal interests, so the groups of coastal and maritime states...
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    principles; withdrawal of Israeli forces, 'peace within secure and recognized boundaries', freedom of navigation, a just settlement of the refugee problem...
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    Kerch Strait (redirect from Strait of Kerch)
    other freedom of navigation for ships of both nations in a 2003 naval treaty. Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the annexation of Crimea...
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    Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (category Politics of Southeast Asia)
    conducted five freedom of navigation naval operations (FONOP) in the region. In July 2016, an arbitration tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the United...
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    resources, freedom of navigation, international trade, national security, and strategic leverage over other nations. With 7,500 km coastline and an EEZ of over...
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    waters of the region to ensure the freedom of navigation of merchant vessels plying their trade in the area. Early in summer 2019 near the Strait of Hormuz...
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    Territorial waters (category Types of geographical division)
    The US exercised freedom of navigation rights, resulting in the 1981 and 1989 Gulf of Sidra incidents. The contiguous zone is a band of water extending...
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