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Wednesday 22
December 2010 |
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Costa
Ricans
Can Join
National
Reserve
To
Defend
National
Sovereignty,
Foreign
Minister
Says
Costa
Rica's
foreign
minister,
Rene
Castro,
said
that
every
Costa
Rican
who
wants to
support
the
government
to
defend
national
sovereignty
can do
so by
joining
the "Reserva
Nacional"
(National
Reserve).
The
minister
made the
statement
following
a query
by a
listener
of the
program
Nuestra
Voz.
Castro
insisted
that
Costa
Rica
will not
resort
to arms
to
defend
their
territory,
stressing
that the
country
hopes to
resolve
the
conflict
with
Nicaragua
through
diplomatic
channels.
"Yes",
he said,
"negotiations
with the
government
of
Daniel
Ortega
will not
start
until
the
troops
are
withdrawn
from the
Isla
Calero".
A
hearing
at the
International
Court of
Justice
in The
Hague is
scheduled
for
January
11,
2011.
Costa
Rica has
filed
charges
with the
International
Court
against
Nicaragua
for
environmental
damage
to the
area in
conflict
and for
an
invasion
of Costa
Rican
territory.
Attempts
to have
the
Organization
of
American
States
(OAS)
resolve
the
matter
failed
in the
face of
Daniel
Ortega
refusing
to heed
to two
OAS
orders
to pull
out its
troops
from the
area and
his
insistence
that the
OAS is
not the
competent
authority
to
resolve
the
border
dispute.
Costa
Rica's
presidenta,
Laura
Chinchilla,
continues
with her
stance
that she
will not
dialogue
unless
Nicaragua
meets
its
demand
to
remove
the
troops,
while
Nicaragua's
Ortega
says he
will
meet to
dialogue,
anywhere,
anytime,
but
without
any
pre-conditions.
The
conflict
between
the two
neighbours
began on
October
21 when
it was
discovered
that the
Nicaraguan
army had
set up
camp and
hoisted
a flag
on the
island
during
dredging
operations
of the
San Juan
river.
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