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(LIP-ir) -- Peru's La Republic newspaper reported that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Antonio García Belaunde, stated last night that Peru would not sign or ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

García Belaunde added that Peru's government did not find it necessary to join UNCLOS, a set of rules for the use of the world's oceans, in its maritime dispute over the Pacific Ocean with Chile.

"I have said it clearly, Peru will not sign the Law of the Sea, it is not indispensable in going to the World Court and most of the candidates which were recently elected have emphatically stated that they will not sign it," stated García Belaunde to Peru's press.

In addition, Peru's Foreign Affairs Minister stated that all of the necessary steps are being taken to file a case against Chile at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands. García Belaunde added that lawyers were being hired to represent Peru in the maritime dispute with Chile.

Minister García Belaunde made statements to the press after having attended a meeting with the Parliament Foreign Affairs Commission, in which the strategy that is to be used in the maritime border dispute with Chile was discussed.

Peru is one of the few nations around the world that has not signed the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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