13:49 | The Hague, Dec. 06 (ANDINA).
Ambassador Allan Wagner, who leads the legal team in charge of the defense of Peru in the maritime dispute with Chile, said Thursday that Chile has failed to prove when and where an alleged maritime boundary treaty between the two countries was signed.
Chile began its oral arguments at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Thursday and Peru's agent Allan Wagner was quick to comment on the Chilean claims.
He said that Chile today repeated already known arguments including its claim that the Declaration of Santiago in 1952 is a treaty which set the maritime border.
"However, I would like to point out that to date Chile has failed to prove when and where the maritime boundary treaty was signed (…) For our part, we believe that in our oral presentations we have proven that the Declaration of Santiago is not a boundary treaty”, he stated.
During the presentation, Chile’s legal team based its entire defense on the Declaration of Santiago which was described as a trilateral agreement of boundaries among Chile, Peru and Ecuador.
Peru’s legal team will respond to Chile's arguments on Tuesday, Dec. 11.
The 15 judges at the court, which rules on disputes between nations and whose decisions cannot be appealed, are to hold hearings until Dec. 14, with a ruling not expected before mid-2013 at the earliest.
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Published: 12/6/2012