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Colombia announces to bypass ICJ over border row with Nicaragua

Xinhua, March 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

Colombia announced Thursday that it will no longer turn to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a border dispute with Nicaragua.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos made the announcement after the court based in The Hague, the Netherlands, ruled Thursday that it has jurisdiction over the territorial dispute between Colombia and Nicaragua.

The two countries have been disputing their maritime border for almost a century and an ICJ ruling in November 2012 gave Nicaragua 75,000 square km of waters in the Caribbean Sea.

Bogota described the 2012 ruling as "inapplicable," arguing that the court has no jurisdiction over the dispute.

After the latest ruling, Santos said Colombia is going to negotiate a solution with Nicaragua. Endi