Nicaragua, Colombia
Arbitrating Sea
Nicaragua and Colombia
seem to be headed for
heightened differences
over control of their
maritime borders.
Nicaraguan Vice
President Jaime Morales
Carazo asserted that his
country has a right to
200 nautical miles in
the Caribbean Sea, and
that does not affect
relations with Colombia,
while authorities of
that country disagree.
Colombian Foreign
Minister Fernando Araujo
rejected the Nicaraguan
decision to declare a
special fishing zone in
a maritime area that
Colombia considers of
its own, beyond meridian
82.
Araujo warned that
Bogota will enforce
respect of the
territory, a position
that strays from the
relaxed atmosphere
achieved by both
countries in Santo
Domingo, experts said.
"We all know the
meridian 82 is the
maritime line division
that both countries have
recognized for many
years," Araujo insisted.
Meanwhile, the
Nicaraguan vice
president ratified his
country's full economic
rights to the sea, "our
territorial waters, to
which we have always had
right."
He reminded that
President Alvaro Uribe
stated in the Group of
Rio meeting that he
would accept whatever
The Hague International
Court decides regarding
their maritime border. |
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