The Government introduced today a legislative bill, which declares every January 27 as the “Maritime Sovereignty Day", it was announced by the President of the Council of Ministers, Ana Jara.
“We hope this motion to be backed up by Congress,” expressed Jara on her Twitter account.
The President of the Council of Minister attended this morning the ceremony commemorating the first year since the Hague-based International Court of Justice issued the ruling on the maritime dispute between Peruvians and Chileans.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded Peru 50,172 square kilometers of maritime rights on January 27 last year.
Thus, the Peruvian maritime possession was extended.
In January 2008, Peru instituted proceedings against Chile at the ICJ, claiming that marine boundaries had never formally been set by the two countries.
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