Honduras, Cuba ink maritime border treaty
Honduras, Cuba ink maritime border treaty (Xinhua)
14:36, August 22, 2012
TEGUCIGALPA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Honduras and Cuba on Tuesday signed a maritime border treaty to define the boundaries of their territorial waters, the Honduran Foreign Ministry announced.
"The agreement concludes the negotiations on the sovereign rights of both governments in their respective exclusive economic zones in the Caribbean sea," said the Honduras Foreign Ministry in a statement.
The treaty was signed by diplomatic officials from the two nations who are currently in the central Honduran city of Comayagua.
"The signing of the treaty represents a significant advance in the relationship between the two nations, that guarantees their people the enjoyment of the renewable and nonrenewable natural resources found in the sea and under the sea under their sovereignty," the ministry said in a statement.
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