Related to the border in Piran Bay is Slovenian access to international waters in the form of a corridor which would require Croatia to cede its exclusive rights over at least some of its territorial waters to the west of Umag.

This irregularity in the boundary is the result of territorial disputes in the late 17th century, culminating with New York giving up its claim to the area, whose residents considered themselves part of Connecticut, in exchange for an equivalent area extending northwards from Ridgefield to the Massachusetts border as well as undisputed claim to Rye, New York.

Louis XIV had hoped that a show of force would lead to a quick resolution to his dynastic and territorial disputes with the princes of the Empire along his eastern border, but his intimidatory moves only strengthened German resolve, and in May 1689 Leopold I and the Dutch signed an offensive compact aimed at repelling French aggression.

Israel maintained control of the airspace, territorial waters and border crossings apart from the land border with Egypt.

Egypt renounced all territorial claims to territory north of the international border.

* Supporting Central American integration through support for resolution of border / territorial disputes.

They are responsible for the territorial security of Guinea's border and the defence of the country against external attack and aggression.

Despite border ( both territorial and nautical ) tensions and the forced migration of 270, 000 Rohingya Muslims from Buddhist Burma in 1978, relations with Bangladesh have generally been cordial, albeit tense at times.

The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces ( RSLAF ) is the armed forces of Sierra Leone, responsible for the territorial security of Sierra Leone's border and defending the national interests of Sierra Leone, within the framework of its international obligations.

In light of the Russian border forces ' withdrawal from the Tajik-Afghan border, the U. S. Government leads an international donor effort to enhance Tajikistan's territorial integrity, prevent the transit of narcotics and material or technology related to weapons of mass destruction ( WMD ), and support a stable, peaceful Tajikistan in order to prevent the spread of influence and activities of radical groups and terrorists.

When Congress passed the Enabling Act of 1802, which authorized Ohio to begin the process of becoming a U. S. state, the language defining Ohio's northern boundary differed slightly from that used in the Northwest Ordinance: the border was to be " an east and west line drawn through the southern extreme of Lake Michigan, running east ... until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line Canada ; thence with the same, through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line aforesaid.

He also earned plaudits for resolving territorial disputes with neighboring Chile, and during his administration, over 20 border issues with Chile, including the arbitration of the especially serious Laguna del Desierto dispute, were peacefully solved.

* The term irredentism applies to those border disputes and other territorial claims that one party justifies on the basis of former cultural or ethnic attachment.

Despite these definitions, Portugal's border with Spain remains a unresolved territorial dispute between the two countries.

Argentina's relations with its neighbor Chile, though generally cordial, have been strained by territorial disputes – mostly along their mountainous shared border – since the nineteenth century.

Competing territorial claims between the Calverts of Maryland and the Penns of Pennsylvania and of what later became the state of Delaware led to the surveying of Worcester County's northern border, the Transpeninsular Line in 1751, though boundary disputes continued through the rest of the colonial period.

* The Polish eastern border would follow the Curzon Line, and Poland would receive territorial compensation in the West from Germany.

Instead of opening the border, the communist governments of Czechoslovakia and Poland arranged a territorial exchange.

Because the territorial integrity of the borders of the realm of a king or of a prince was most important, the border provinces usually were geographically larger than the interior provinces, the Count appointed margrave usually exercised greater politico-military power than did the other nobles ( counts ) of the monarchy.

The conflict of interests between iron exports from Bergslagen and territorial conflicts at Denmark's southern border was a chief reason behind the Engelbrekt rebellion in 1434 and the following strifes that ultimately resulted in the dissolution of the Kalmar Union in 1523.

In the later stages of this period, with increasing territorial expansion, each state began to set up commanderies in their border regions.

Officially, Estonia has no territorial claims in the area, which is also reflected in the new Estonian-Russian border treaty.

These differences in turn result from the fact that my Yokuts vocabularies were built up of terms selected mainly to insure unambiguity of English meaning between illiterate informants and myself, within a compact and uniform territorial area, but that Hoijer's vocabulary is based on Swadesh's second glottochronological list which aims at eliminating all items which might be culturally or geographically determined.

Peace with Bulgaria was secured through territorial concessions and a diplomatic marriage between the children of the two emperors.

He was a key figure in the Danish policies of territorial expansion in the Baltic Sea, Europeanization in close relationship with the Holy See, and reform in the relation between the Church and the public.

A territorial dispute with Mali was mediated by Ghana and Nigeria, which has led to lessening of tensions between the two nations.

The developments that led to the First Balkan War did not go unnoticed by the Great Powers, but although there was an official consensus between the European Powers over the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire, which led to a stern warning to the Balkan states, unofficially each of them took a different diplomatic approach due to their conflicting interests in the area.

By the terms of the agreement, the election of bishops and abbots in Germany was to take place in the emperor's presence as judge between potentially disputing parties, free of bribes, thus retaining to the emperor a crucial role in choosing these great territorial magnates of the Empire.

Map of the long-lasting territorial dispute between Ecuador and Peru, settled only in 1998.

A territorial dispute with Sudan over an area known as the Hala ' ib Triangle, has meant that diplomatic relations between the two remain strained.

It was reported on 2 November 2005 that a territorial dispute was looming between Fiji and Tonga over a reef lying to the south of both countries.

* territorial dispute between Suriname and French Guiana

The Greek government opposes the use of the name without any qualification such as ' Republic of Northern Macedonia ' to the post-1991 constitutional name of its northern neighbour, citing historical and territorial concerns resulting from the ambiguity between the terms Republic of Macedonia, the Greek region of Macedonia and the ancient kingdom of Macedon, which falls within Greek Macedonia.

By the turn of the 19th century they became new powers, having divided Poland between them, with Sweden and Turkey having experienced substantial territorial losses to Russia and Austria respectively as well as pauperisation.

In January 1920, at the Paris Peace Conference, negotiators from France, Britain, and Greece agreed to divide Albania among Yugoslavia, Italy, and Greece as a diplomatic expedient aimed at finding a compromise solution to the territorial conflict between Italy and Yugoslavia.

Imperialism, as defined by the Dictionary of Human Geography, is " the creation and / or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination.

* territorial sea: ; between in the international straits — La Perouse or Sōya Strait, Tsugaru Strait, Osumi, and Eastern and Western Channels of the Korea or Tsushima Strait.

In an address to the Indian parliament, Kaifu stressed the role of free markets and democracy in bringing about " a new international order ," and he emphasized the need for a settlement of the Kashmir territorial dispute between India and Pakistan and for economic liberalization to attract foreign investment and promote dynamic growth.

In addition to territorial disputes, the League also tried to intervene in other conflicts between and within nations.

* 2008 – The International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca ( Pulau Batu Puteh ) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.

Together with other smaller islands in the River Niger, it was the main object of a territorial dispute between Niger and Benin, which had begun when the two entities were still under French rule.

While the language was chosen as a medium of prestige in records and official statements along with Latin in the early 13th century, Occitan faced competition from the rising local Romance vernacular, the Navarro-Aragonese, both orally and in writing, especially after Aragon's territorial conquests south to Saragossa, Huesca and Tudela between 1118 and 1134.

It also rejects any " colonial or territorial status " as a status option, and vows to keep working for the enhanced Commonwealth status that was approved by the PPD in 1998 which included sovereignty, an association based on " respect and dignity between both nations ", and common citizenship.

Various small islands lie within the Persian Gulf, some of which are the subject of territorial disputes between the states of the region.

Hawar and the adjacent islands immediately off the west coast are the subject of a territorial dispute between Qatar and Bahrain.

According to the Helsinki Final Act of 1975, the UN, ICJ and international law experts, there is no contradiction between the principles of self-determination and territorial integrity, with the latter taking precedence.

There have been recent disputes between Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados over access for Barbadian fishermen into Trinidadian territorial waters.