The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonia Urrejola, addressed the statements of her Bolivian namesake, Rogelio Mayta; who, after the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which held that the Silala is an international channel and that Chile has the right to its equitable and reasonable use, stated that the resolution points out that Chile “has no acquired right” over the river.
Along these lines, the Secretary of State stated that “I heard the first statements that (Mayta) made a while ago, but I also want to insist that they said that they were going to analyze the ruling in detail to pronounce in depth.”
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Likewise, Urrejola was emphatic and declared that “what I must point out is that Chile never claimed during the litigation that it had an acquired right over the waters. We have always maintained that these are international waters that are governed by customary law and From that perspective, wise use is equitable.”
“We have never claimed the issue of having an acquired right; in fact, the court itself (CIJ) indicated that this was a hypothetical case, therefore, it did not rule on that,” Urrejola sentenced.
