President Arias
in Nicaragua To Boost
Co-Operation; San Juan
Conflict Still To Go
International Court
Costa Rican
President Oscar Arias
is in Nicaragua to
attend the 6th Binational meeting which
started Thursday in
Granada.
In welcoming Arias,
President Daniel Ortega
said this meeting will
help overcome obstacles,
strengthen relations and
boost ties in every
field for both
countries.
Arias thanked
the reception and voiced
satisfaction for having
resumed these meetings
that will address
matters like tourism and
the infrastructure
needed to boost it. The
two men are said to have
discussed sustainable
tourism development of
the common border areas.
Arias also offered
to share Costa Rican
experience on
environment with
Nicaragua and reaffirmed
that the agenda for
these bilateral meetings
will expand in the
future.
The meeting did not
touch on the ongoing
dispute over
navigational rights of
the San Juan river that
is before the
International Court at
the Hague.
Costa Rica assures it is
moving forward with its
action against Nicaragua
to ensure its
navigational rights of
the river, granted to it
over a 100 years ago.
The San Juan is clearly
in Nicaraguan territory
and Costa Rica is making
no claim for such,
rather that Nicaragua
has refused to allow
armed Costa Rican
authorities to patrol
the river. |
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