Argentina says the pulp mill conflict with Uruguay is over and ‘buried’
Diplomatic relations between Argentina and Uruguay are going through “a very good moment, which can obviously be improved”, but there are “no open conflicts” because the dispute over the Botnia pulp mill has been definitively “buried”, said Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman.
In an interview with the Uruguayan government sponsored daily La República, published Monday Timerman praised Uruguayan president Jose Mujica for his attitude towards the bilateral dialogue in line with ‘the historic relation between the neighbouring countries’ enabling to advance on all aspects such as economic, social and political integration.
“Problems of the past have been solved and have overcome for benefit of both peoples, with no resentments and which is the only way to solve them. We have a relation that can grow and which is going through a very good moment with no open conflicts. Yes, we have many issues pending but because we have much integration to advance on”, said the Argentine official.
From 2005 to 2010 Argentina and Uruguay went through one of the most conflicting disputes in recent history following the mounting of the UPM-Botnia pulp mill on the Uruguayan side of a shared and jointly managed river.
Argentina claimed Uruguay did not consult the neighbour and that the pulp mill contaminated. The dispute went all the way to the International Court of The Hague and finally following the ruling, both countries agreed on a monitoring system for the shared Uruguay River.
A long agenda of issues was then agreed between Presidents Mujica and his Argentine peer Cristina Fernandez at Uruguay’s presidential ranch in Anchorena, which was to be worked on in the following twelve months.
“A year later we can say the agenda has been fully addressed or solved which means both presidents had their administrations working full time and this is evidence of the dynamism, dialogue and integration between Argentina and Uruguay”, said Timerman.
The minister indicated that since the last visit of President Mujica to Buenos Aires and with all pending issues solved or addressed, “this was reached in the framework of a great political coincidence between the governments of Argentina and Uruguay, both regarding bilateral issues as well as regional and global issues”.
“We have a very close vision of the issues we are facing and are intent in working together for the best advantage of both countries and the region”, emphasized the Argentine minister.
“What has been achieved normally takes years, but currently we can say that you can’t think of Argentina without thinking about Uruguay and similarly, no Uruguay without Argentina”.
Finally Timerman underlined the importance of Unasur, which has been working for some time on political issues but also has a great capacity for dialogue and to defend such basic values as democracy and justice.
“The recent council of Economy ministers has shown the region can agree on initiatives, with a strategic regional view, not of an only, individual country. Normally economic decisions in each country have different options to face, but this time we have acted with intelligence as a whole group, and agreed on measure to contain contagion and on the other hand to take advantage of opportunities that surge in such circumstances” concluded Minister Timerman.
Suggested Stories
-
May 25th 2012
Three former presidents admit Mercosur has failed and has Uruguay ‘trapped’
-
May 22nd 2012
Royal Navy says HMS Talent reports are “mere media speculations”
-
May 21st 2012
Bargains forecasts in Uruguay as Argentine investors withdraw funds following new bank rules
-
May 25th 2012
Argentina extends dollar purchase control to residents travelling abroad
7 comments Feed
Note: Comments do not reflect MercoPress’ opinions. They are the personal view of our users. We wish to keep this as open and unregulated as possible. However, rude or foul language, discriminative comments (based on ethnicity, religion, gender, nationality, sexual orientation or the sort), spamming or any other offensive or inappropriate behaviour will not be tolerated. Please report any inadequate posts to the editor. Comments must be in English. Thank you.
Let's hear it for the ICJ - yay!
:-)
Must have expected a win over Uruguay, boy will they be sore.
Now they'll never take us because they know they'll lose!
As for the article, i agree with #2 they obviously thought they could win at the ICJ, so their lack of taking UK to the ICJ over the falklands just goes to show they know they would not win in the ICJ, but hey Argentina you got it wrong when you thought you would win against Uruguay, so maybe your worng when you think you will lose at ICJ against the UK. So come one what you waiting for? Get that claim in at the ICJ for the falklands. Though some how i suspect the only time Argentina is right is when they know they will lose :)
#they go all quiet ..
You see the EN between www. and .mercropress.com, will that stats for English and is a subdomain area of the overall website. So technically this site is for the english, americans, scottish, welsh, irish and any other person whos first langauge is english, or in the event their first langauge does not have its own subdomain where the articles are in their native langauge, then this is for those that use english as their second langauge.
But on top of that i suggest you go double check who owns this site as i can tell you not they are not argentine, so therefore this is not an argentine website and you sir have just showed us all what an hpyocrite you are.
And why would we be envious of argentina? what have you got that we haven't? err nothing, but we have a lot of things that you do not have, like the falklands and you guys are so envious of us that you are actually jealous. Ohh and year we got the oil too.
So go and cry about that tigre2000 lol
oh and insult me for no reason like you did on the other article today, by calling me a retard, when i said nothing offensive to anyone or anything that was anywhere near retarded, means i now have the right to refer to you as Tigre the retard or Tigre the king of the retards, as often as i like and whenever i like, whether you like it or not.
We have a very good life, sr gato. Soon to be even a rich one. And you?
Commenting for this story is now closed.
If you have a Facebook account, become a fan and comment on our Facebook Page!