Once again, just go back and do some research on Territorial Waters vs EEZ vs International Waters.
The difference between the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone is that the first confers full sovereignty over the waters, whereas the second is merely a "sovereign right" which refers to the coastal state's rights below the surface of the sea
- Territorial sea: āļ¯āˇāˇāˇāļē āļ¸āˇāˇāˇāļ¯āˇ āˇāˇāļ¸āˇāˇ
- Exclusive economic zone: āļ
āļąāļąāˇâāļē āļāļģāˇāļŽāˇāļ āļāļŊāˇāļ´āļē
- Sovereignty: āˇāˇāˇāˇāļģāˇāļˇāˇāˇāļē (āļ´āˇāļģāˇāļĢ āļļāļŊāļē)
- Sovereign rights: āˇāˇāˇāˇāļģ⎠āļ
āļēāˇāļāˇāˇāˇāˇāˇāļāļ¸āˇ (āˇāļ¸āˇāļ´āļ⎠āļ´āļģāˇāˇāļģāļĢāļēāļ§ āļāļ⎠āļ
āļēāˇāļāˇāļē)
1. Sovereignty vs. Sovereign Rights
As established, the EEZ is not the "territory" of Sri Lanka. Under UNCLOS:
- Freedom of Navigation: All nations (including the US and Iran) enjoy the right to navigate through a coastal state's EEZ. Military vessels have the right to pass through without prior notification.
- Limited Jurisdiction: Sri Lanka has rights over the resources (fish, minerals, oil) but does not have total police power over foreign warships in this zone.
- Under UNCLOS Article 95, warships on the high seas (which includes the EEZ for this purpose) have complete immunity from the jurisdiction of any state other than the flag state (the country the ship belongs to).
- An attack on an Iranian warship is legally treated as an attack on Iranian sovereign territory, no matter whose EEZ it is sitting in.
dan oya lamai gihin nidaganna. ubala puka uda dagena dangalana tharam prashnayak oya scene ekata adalawa wenne na. mata thiyana ekama concern eka water pollution witharai.