The Peruvian government formalized approval of the Attached Chart that replaces a previous map showing the outer limit -southern sector- of its maritime domain.
The map is established by Supreme Decree 035-2014-RE, which is explicitly limited to approve the Chart that replaces a previous one illustrating the outer limit -southern sector- of Peru’s maritime domain, and does not prejudice or affect the intangibility of the land border and its beginning at Concordia Point.
This land boundary delimitation remains unchangeable, in accordance with the 1929 Treaty of Lima, its Addition Protocol and the work carried out by the 1929-1930 Limits Demarcation Joint Commission.
The document was signed by Peru’s President Ollanta Humala Tasso and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Gonzalo Gutiérrez Reinel.
On Tuesday, Humala told reporters the map clearly and explicitly indicates that the beginning of the [maritime] border between Peru and Chile is the Concordia Point. "There is no other."
It should be noted that from October 2000 onwards there was an exchange of Notes between Peru and Chile regarding the maritime delimitation issue and, in 2004, Peru formally proposed the start of negotiations to end the controversy.
Fulfilling the mandate of article 54 of the Constitution and in accordance with the international law on treaties, the Congress passed Law 28621, Peruvian Maritime Domain Baselines Law, enacted on 3 November 2005.
Following said baselines the outer limit-southern sector- of the Maritime Domain of Peru was graphed, as recorded in the Chart approved by Supreme Decree No. 047-2007-RE dated 11 August 2007.
In the said Chart the existence of overlapping maritime zones projected from the coasts of Peru and Chile due to the orientation of the coasts of both countries can be appreciated. This space constituted the area in controversy between both States.
Additionally, the configuration of an area of sea within the Maritime Domain of Peru whose Eastern side is contiguous to the area in controversy can be observed in this map.
On January 27, 2014, in the final ruling of the International Court of Justice at The Hague, Peru gained some maritime territory, which established the maritime boundary between the two Republics.
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Published: 8/20/2014