Nicaragua will comply “as always” with the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which on Thursday rejected Managua’s claim to extend its maritime platform in the Caribbean, said the agent of the Central American country, Carlos Argüello.
“This is one more sentence of the Court and I have no doubt that the Nicaraguan government will continue to comply as always” with the sentences of the international court, Argüello declared by telephone from The Hague to the pro-government Channel 4 of Managua television.
The ICJ, based in The Hague, rejected on Thursday Nicaragua’s claims against Colombia to expand its continental shelf in the Caribbean, an area rich in fishing and oil resources.
The highest court of the UN indicated that it “rejects” Nicaragua’s arguments against a 2012 ruling that granted it a large extension of its maritime zones in the Caribbean, but without going beyond the 200 nautical miles that would make it overlap the zone. exclusive economy of seven Colombian islands.
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The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, celebrated a “great victory for Colombia in The Hague,” but Argüello assured that the Court’s ruling “left Nicaragua’s 200 miles unscathed, the 2012 ruling was very clear, reaffirmed.”
“What we were discussing here was a point that was not clear in law, which was whether we could extend within 200 miles of Colombia. That point had never been defined in law, the Court determined that we had to stay until 200 miles,” added the representative of the government of President Daniel Ortega.
Argüello added that “there are still areas that were not included in the sentence” and said that Nicaragua will study the sentence to proceed with the recovery of its territory and the delimitation of marine borders.
