World Court Ruling 'biased' Says Bolivia's Morales
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published October 03, 2018 | 03:30 AM
La Paz, Oct 2 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Oct, 2018 ) :Bolivia's President Evo Morales lashed out Tuesday as a "biased" International Court of Justice ruling that rejected La Paz's demand for access to the sea from neighbor Chile.
Morales told reporters in La Paz that he would personally send a letter to the court "showing the contradictions" in the court's verdict "which did not give justice to Bolivia." Morales -- who petitioned the world court in 2013 to oblige Chile to give landlocked Bolivia a land corridor to the Pacific -- attended the reading of the court verdict in The Hague.
Bolivia lost 400 kilometers (250 miles) of coastline in a 1879-1883 war with Chile.
Ever since, Santiago has rejected every attempt by its smaller and poorer neighbor to win it back.
The issue has long been a strain on relations between the two South American countries.
Morales told reporters on his return from The Hague that the court "knows very well where this injustice comes from: the invasion of Bolivian territory.""It is not possible for the court to benefit invaders," the firebrand leftist leader said.
Morales -- who has been in power since 2006 -- also announced he would send a letter of protest to the United Nations so that world opinion would be aware of the injustice suffered by Bolivia.
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