HL Deb 13 October 1981 vol 424 c368WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether (a) they or (b) NATO, recognise the Gulf of Taranto as Italian internal or historic waters.

Lord Carrington

Italy claims Gulf of Taranto as internal waters. This is not consistent with our interpretation of the 1958 Geneva Convention on the Territorial Sea. NATO does not take a position on the territorial sea limits of its members.