Chile asks Peru To Be
Prudent On Maritime
Dispute
Chilean Foreign Minister
Alejandro Foxley urged
Peru on Friday to act
prudently before it
presses its claim on
disputed maritime
boundaries with Chile at
The Hague's
International Court.
Foxley said Peru's
demand in The Hague
could raise certain
voices in Peru that
"tend to exacerbate
things with comments
that lack bases."
"We are not going to
fall in the trap of a
same game," said Foxley,
adding that the Chilean
government is not going
to give in not even "one
millimeter in what has
been Chile's position
for almost 50 years."
The Chilean government
on Thursday formed a
consultant team composed
of international law
experts and former
foreign ministers,
including some from the
former military regimes.
Chile has rejected
Peru's demand that the
maritime boundaries
between the two
countries be modified,
saying these were fixed
in treaties signed in
the 1950's. But Peru
argues that the treaties
are merely fishing
accords.
Foxley also rejected the
espionage charges by
Peruvian former prime
minister Carlos Ferrero
Costa, which accused
Chile of intercepting
calls and e-mails to
"know things they should
not" about Lima's
position.
Foxley warned that the
positive agenda of the
two countries will be
harder to implement if
the issue causes
political disturbance.
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