Nicaragua will comply as always with the decision of the Court of The Hague

Nicaragua will comply “as always” with the ruling of the international Court of Justice (CIJ), which on Thursday rejected Managua’s claim to extend its maritime platform in the Caribbeansaid the agent of the Central American country, Carlos Argüello.

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“This is one more sentence of the Court and I do not doubt that the government of Nicaragua will continue to fulfill as always” the sentences of the international court, declared Argüello by telephone from Hague to the official channel 4 of the television of Managua.

The ICJbased in Haguerejected on Thursday Nicaragua’s claims against Colombia to expand its continental shelf in the Caribbean, an area rich in fishing resources and oil.

The maximum cut of the UN stated that “deniesthe arguments of Nicaragua against a 2012 ruling that granted it a large extension of its maritime zones in the Caribbean, but without going beyond the 200 nautical miles that would make it overlap the exclusive economic zone of seven Colombian islands.

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petroheld a “great victory for Colombia in The Hague”, but Argüello assured that the sentence of the Court “he left unscathed the 200 miles of Nicaraguathe 2012 ruling was very clear, reaffirmed”.

“What we were discussing here was a point that was not legally clear, which was whether we could expand within the 200 miles from Columbia. That point had never been defined in law, the Court determined that we had to stay until 200 miles”, added the representative of the government of the president Daniel ortega.

Arguello added that “There are still areas that were not included in the sentence” and said that Nicaragua It will study the sentence to proceed with the recovery of its territory and the delimitation of the marine borders.

Source: Elcomercio

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