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<p>NAVTEX is a maritime communication system and is a conduit for safety messages
enshrined in the Safety of Life at Sea international convention devoted to the perseveration
of life at sea.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is deeply concerned with the Russian Federation’s
use of NAVTEX for disinformation messaging with regard to the Russian invasion of
Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>The misuse of NAVTEX to broadcast propaganda endangers merchant
shipping operating in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It
is another example of the Russia Federation ignoring the responsibilities and behaviours
a respectable nation state should demonstrate.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 March, the UK wrote
to the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation to protest at
this wholly inappropriate use of NAVTEX and urged IMO Member States to condemn Russia’s
actions.</p>
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