Ghana has ended the first round of oral argument in the maritime dispute between it and the Ivory Coast at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea(ITLOS).
In its argument, Ghana called on the ITLOS to dismiss in entirety the Ivory Coast’s case.
Ghana’s Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo who led the legal team questioned Ivory Coast’s claims while insisting on a long standing agreement on the maritime boundary under the domestic laws of both countries.
“Ghana asks this Special Chamber not to be swayed by the rather extravagant case Cote d’Ivoire seeks to present here by relying on a bisector theory and its related maps to create a huge area as the so-called area in dispute.”
She insisted, Ghana’s neigbours, Cote d’Ivoire’s bisector claim was so unrealistic and without legal and geographical basis, to the extent that it should be dismissed in its entirety.
Also present at the hearing was the former AG in the Mahama-led administration, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong.
Ghana opted for arbitration processes, at the ITLOS after several talks over the matter with it’s neighbour failed.
The dispute concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between the Republic of Ghana and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire was submitted to a Special Chamber of the Tribunal.
The Public hearing on the case, which started February, 6 is scheduled to continue to 16 February 2017.
