双语新闻：俄罗斯官员：美国单方面扩大在北极大陆架主权要求不可接受

According to the Russian satellite news agency, Nikolai Haritonov, chairman of the Arctic Committee of the Russian State Duma (that is, the lower house of parliament), said on the 24th local time that the unilateral expansion of the border of the United States in the Arctic region is unacceptable and may lead to increased tensions.

据俄罗斯卫星通讯社报道，俄罗斯国家杜马（也就是议会下院）北极委员会主席尼古拉·哈里托诺夫当地时间24日表示，美国单方面扩大在北极地区边界的做法是不可接受的，并可能导致紧张局势加剧。

The US State Department issued a statement on the 19th, unilaterally announcing the expansion of the outer continental shelf claims over large areas of the Arctic and Bering Sea, covering a total continental shelf area of about 1 million square kilometers.

美国国务院19日发表声明，单方面宣布扩大对北极和白令海大片区域的外大陆架主权要求，涉及的大陆架总面积约100万平方公里。