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Maritime Border Between Ghana and Togo: in Turn, Lomé Says It Is Ready for International Arbitration
One week after Ghana's decision to refer the dispute over its maritime border with Togo to international bodies, Lomé replied to Accra on Friday, 27 February. The Togolese authorities, in turn, expressed their readiness to go to international courts to defend their interests.
After years of negotiations, Ghana has announced its demand for an international arbitration on its maritime border with Togo, which has taken note and will defend its case before the judges. The stake is above all oil.
The Togolese authorities responded this Friday, February 27 to the press in Lomé, to the announcement of Ghana's referral to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in the context of the dispute over the maritime borders between the two neighbouring countries of West Africa. "This procedure is regulatoryly normal, and the Togolese side intends to respond to it with all the elements at our disposal," said Dammipi Noupokou, Togo's chief …
After several years of unsuccessful bilateral negotiations, Ghana announced on 20 February its decision to resort to international arbitration in order to settle the maritime border dispute in Togo. An initiative that marks a new stage in the relations between Accra and Lomé, even if the two capitals claim to remain committed to a peaceful settlement that respects international law. By communiqué published on 25 February, and then at a press con…
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