Santos: Nicaragua new demand is reckless

From near the meridian, in the territorial sea Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Republic sent a vehement rejection speech to the new demand of Nicaragua that calls into question the dialogue game approaches which both Nicaragua and Colombia had.

With strong adjectives Four Colombian President rejected the new lawsuit filed Nicaragua before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which wants the continental shelf of the country is widespread.

"unfair, baseless, reckless, unfriendly and without any possibility of success" were the words of rejection of the suit of Nicaragua.

But in addition to the strength of his words, the President's speech was far from symbolic. Accompanied by Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon, and Justice, Alfonso Gomez Mendez, the president also received the backing of the judicial branch, represented by the president of the Supreme Court, Ruth Marina Diaz, and the president of the House of Representatives, Hernán Penagos.

Santos reiterated what he had said on Monday last week that said the ruling was inapplicable Hague. "It is irrelevant as the Constitutional Court to rule against the government demand brought about the ruling of the ICJ.

But that's not why the government wants to move beyond anger and a message that not only continues to exercise sovereignty over the sea that litigation awarded Nicaragua, but also the sea is being used for research purposes.

"We will do scientific research later this year in which we use the latest technology, with a robot that will lower first 300 meters," said the president.