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decision expected quiet court in The Hague

Nicaragua decision expected quiet court in The Hague

Managua, March 8 (PL) Nicaragua expected today, with confidence and optimism, the decision of the International Court of Justice ( ICJ) in The Hague on the precautionary measures requested by Costa Rica, as part of the dispute that pits the two countries. The government of Nicaragua San José intended to stop the dredging of the river San Juan and the construction of a pipe in his mouth, as they are withdrawn the troops who serve there protection missions the national territory and of confrontation with the international drug trade. That waterway, which forms part of Nicaraguan territory in the final stretch of the Caribbean Sea reccorrido serves bilateral border since last October and is the center of a dispute that has marred the links between the two countries. Nicaragua began dredging the river in order to restore its original volume and can again be navigable all year, but Costa Rica is opposed, and accuses its northern neighbor have been occupied part of its territory and environmental damage on their side of the border. Those accusations have always been denied by the government Managua, arguing that the territory they claim as theirs Costa Rica at the mouth, is actually a tiny piece of sandy land that surfaced over the loss of river flow and form part of Nicaraguan territory. Under this bilateral dispute, former Nicaraguan foreign minister and Catholic priest Father Miguel d'Escoto, calling on the eve of absurd demands of Costa Rica, at which he said hoped that the ICJ rejected. The ex-president of the UN General Assembly recalled that the ICJ can not go against itself, as in July 2009 reaffirmed the sovereignty of Nicaragua over the San Juan River. The rights of Nicaragua, said d'Escoto, are backed by the boundary treaty Jerez-Cañas, 1858, and his instruments, awards and Cleveland Alexander. also stated, the award Cleveland (1888) says that we are entitled even to a channel. Meanwhile, the commander of the Army of Nicaragua, Gen. Julio Cesar Aviles, reiterated on Monday that troops remain in the border area have been increased and comply with their normal daily chores. We are acting with caution in order to create a climate conducive to the bilateral dialogue and distension between the two countries, he said.