Luis Arce: “the right of Bolivians to sovereign access to the sea is inalienable”

The president of Bolivia, Luis Arceratified this Tuesday that his country’s aspiration to regain sovereign access to Pacific Ocean lost before Pepper It is “inalienable” and that the possibility of dialogue is not closed.

In a meeting with journalists in Peacethe president recalled the decision made in 2018 by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of Have it about the controversy raised Bolivia to force Pepper firmly negotiate the Andean country’s maritime claim.

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According to Arce, the decision of the United Nations court “clearly recognizes in its recitals that Bolivia was born with the sea” is that “Dialogue between the country and Chile is not closed”.

“The right of Bolivians to sovereign access to the sea is inalienable and this decision leaves us with two elements that are clear: we had access to the sea and it does not close the possibility of reaching agreements through dialogue.”, he stated.

“This is exactly what the country must do in a very well analyzed, very well thought out strategy so that we can achieve the objective that all Bolivians desire.” he added.

Arce referred to this when consulted by EFE about the relationship with Chile in relation to the upcoming celebration in Bolivia of the Sea Day.

The country celebrates Sea Day on March 23 because on that date, in 1879, the country’s first resistance took place against what Bolivian authorities describe as an invasion by Chilean troops, which began on February 14 of the same year.

Bolivia and Chile have not maintained diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level since 1978, due to Bolivia’s claim to sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean lost in call Pacific War.

In that conflict, Bolivia lost around 400 kilometers of coastline and almost 120 thousand square kilometers of territory.

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The government of the then president Evo Morales (2006-2019) occurred in 2013 before the ICJ the maritime claim for Chile to negotiate in good faith sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean, but in 2018 the court ruled that the Chilean State does not have a legal obligation to negotiate with the Bolivians.

The then Bolivian authorities assured that the Court also indicated in its decision that, although Chile does not have this obligation, this does not represent an impediment to dialogue between both countries, which was ratified by Arce.

The arrival of Gabriel Boric The Chilean presidency was seen in Bolivia as the possibility of a new stage in bilateral relations due to the ideological affinity with that president, although to date the topic has not been addressed.

Source: Elcomercio

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