After that The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Nicaragua cannot extend its continental shelf beyond the 200 nautical miles that borders its maritime border with Colombia.they have already started to react to the decision in that country.
(Read here: Urgent: The Hague Tribunal rejects Nicaragua’s claim over the San Andrés Sea)
Nicaragua will “as always” abide by the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which rejected Managua’s claim to expand its naval platform in the Caribbean on Thursday, according to the Central American country’s representative. Carlos Arguello.
(Attention: The Hague rejected Nicaragua’s request, these are the reactions in Colombia)
“This is another court sentence and I have no doubt that the Nicaraguan government will continue to comply as usual.” The sentences given by the international court were announced. Argüello by phone from The Hague to the pro-government Channel 4 channel of Managua television.
Argüello stressed that the ICJ’s decision this Thursday confirms the maritime boundaries it set in 2012 while giving Colombia sovereignty over the San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina archipelagos, but forces it to cede an area of approximately 75,000 square kilometers. From the Caribbean Sea to the Central American country.
For Nicaragua agent, The “important” thing about the sentence is that the 2012 sentence reaffirmed our right, Colombia objected from the first moment; So we did a good job in that sense.”
“With this decision, it has been reaffirmed that the 200 miles of Nicaragua are indisputable. It has already been clearly reaffirmed how far our rights have gone,” he said.
Noting that his country’s legal team did an excellent job, Argüello said, “We don’t need to feel bad.” “By no means is this a different case that was never brought before the Court, a case that was handled differently from any previous case,” he said.
“This is the first time the court is asking, asking two questions to settle a case based on legal issues,” he explained.
According to him, today’s decision still “leaves areas that are not clearly covered in the decision, and these are things we need to work on, because our platform extends beyond 200 nautical miles, but we will need to see the area where 200 miles Colombia cannot reach”. What we need to do is to analyze and clarify the issue,” he said.
The local press also reacted to the news. “The Hague Tribunal has ruled in favor of Colombia in a maritime dispute against Nicaragua,” headlined in La Prensa, one of Nicaragua’s leading media outlets, early in the morning.
in your text, Press emphasizes that Nicaragua sued 10 years ago to expand its continental shelf and eventually “The Hague decided in favor of Colombia”.
In addition, the claim of the Nicaraguan government “was ambitious” and finally, The Hague’s decision with 13 votes in favor and 4 against shifts the balance in favor of Colombia.
For its part, the environment 100% NewsAnother important news organization of that country published the result of the decision on its front page. “The Hague Court rules in favor of Colombia and rejects Nicaragua’s extension of its continental shelf.‘ was the headline that stood out first thing in the morning.
Another sector raising its voice for the decision in The Hague is the opposition in Nicaragua. those who have been subjected to harsh persecution by the government of President Daniel Ortega in recent years.
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The trial of former presidential candidate Juan Sebastián Chamorro, who was imprisoned for 1 year and 8 months and was a political prisoner.
“The failure of this latest request from Nicaragua to Colombia reflects the poverty of the Dictatorship’s foreign policy,” Chamorro said via his Twitter account.
He adds: “Past decisions have balanced the positions of both sides. In this case, they gave nothing to Nicaragua, reflecting the weakness of the arguments.”
Nicaragua argued that both customary law and Article 76 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea provided legal protection to its claim.
But Colombia, which did not ratify the Convention, argued that Managua “has not scientifically demonstrated that it has a continental shelf” extending beyond 200 miles.
Gustavo Petro’s government also argued that the expansion of the said platform “should not be seen as part of customary international law,” according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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