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Wednesday 10 November 2010 |
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LAST
MINUTE:
5:57PM
U.S.
Willing
To Help
In Costa
Rica -
Nicaragua
Dispute
If Asked
The U.S.
Ambassador
in
Nicaragua,
Robert
Callahan,
said
Washington
is
willing
to
"help"
Costa
Rica and
Nicaragua
resolve
their
border
conflict.
"We (the
U.S.)
are
willing
to help
if the
two
countries
ask us,"
said the
American
diplomat,
when
asked by
reporters
after
attending
an
official
function
in
Managua,
Nicaragua's
capital
city.
Asked
how the
U.S.
could
help, he
said "it
all
depends
on the
two
countries".
"We will
respond
if the
two
countries,
Nicaragua
and
Costa
Rica,
ask for
our
involvement",
said
Callahan.
He said
both
countries
can also
go to
other
countries,
international
and
regional
organizations
to
resolve
their
differences.
"It is a
bilateral
dispute
and the
two
countries
ahve to
decide
the most
effective
and fair
way to
resolve
their
differences",
said
ambassador
Callahan,
who
added
that his
country
hopes
for a
"peaceful
and
quick"
solution
to the
conflict.
Also,
Callahan
agreed
with the
proposal
of the
Government
of
Nicaragua
to begin
a
process
of
demarcation
of the
border
with
Costa
Rica.
"Really
this is
an idea
that
does
have
validity,
but the
Nicaraguan
government
has to
discuss,
talk,
talk,
negotiate
with the
Government
of Costa
Rica to
find the
most
satisfactory
for both
countries,"
he said.
In his
view, at
this
time it
is
"important
to avoid
more
problems
and find
a
solution
satisfactory
to both
sides."
The
border
dispute
began
last
Oct. 21
when
Costa
Rica
reported
that
Nicaragua
poured
sediment
dredged
from the
San Juan
river in
its
territory,
an issue
that
Managua
refutes.
The
Costa
Rican
authorities
have
charged,
in
addition,
the
Nicaraguan
troops
invaded
a sector
in the
Caribbean
coast
that
Costa
Rica
considers
as its
own,
while
Managua
argues
that its
military
presence
is on
their
territory.
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