Bolivia must give up demand for access to sea through Chile: Pinera

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Publish Date: 16:08 - 10 October 2018
TEHRAN, October 10 -Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Wednesday that he was prepared to negotiate further with Bolivia in the countries’ long-runnning border dispute, but said Bolivia must first give up its demand for access to the sea through Chilean territory.

Bolivia must give up demand for access to sea through Chile: PineraTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Wednesday that he was prepared to negotiate further with Bolivia in the countries’ long-runnning border dispute, but said Bolivia must first give up its demand for access to the sea through Chilean territory. 

“It must be quite clear that the 1904 border agreement between Chile and Bolivia is recognized,” he told reporters during a visit to Berlin. “Bolivia must give up its absurd demand for access to the sea and to Chilean territory.”

On Oct. 1 the International Court of Justice ruled that landlocked Bolivia cannot force Chile to negotiate over granting it “sovereign access” to the Pacific Ocean.

Source: Reuters

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