Nicaragua and Colombia seem to be headed for heightened differences over control of their maritime borders.Nicaraguan Vice President Jaime Morales Carazo asserted that his country has a right to 200 nautical miles in the Caribbean Sea, and that does not affect relations with Colombia, while authorities of that country disagree.
Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo rejected the Nicaraguan decision to declare a special fishing zone in a maritime area that Colombia considers of its own, beyond meridian 82.
Araujo warned that Bogota will enforce respect of the territory, a position that strays from the relaxed atmosphere achieved by both countries in Santo Domingo, experts said."We all know the meridian 82 is the maritime line division that both countries have recognized for many years," Araujo insisted.
Meanwhile, the Nicaraguan vice president ratified his country's full economic rights to the sea, "our territorial waters, to which we have always had right."He reminded that President Alvaro Uribe stated in the Group of Rio meeting that he would accept whatever The Hague International Court decides regarding their maritime border.
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