Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman has confirmed that Argentina will go before the international court at The Hague over the decision of Uruguayan president José Mujica, who today authorised increased production at the UPM (ex-Botnia) paper plant.
«Argentina laments the fact that UPM’s interests are so powerful as to become a factor which determines relations between Uruguay and Argentina. In the same way we have opposed the actions of the vulture funds, we will also not allow ourselves to be swayed by an international business,» the Minister fired in a press conference held at the presidential palace, alongside Entre Rios governor Sergio Urribarri.
Timerman underlined that he would «return to the International Court of The Hague,» due to Uruguay’s decision to increase the plant’s production, which in his words «affects the environmental sovereignty of Argentina, violates treaties between the two nation as well as The Hague’s own rulings.»
«Uruguay has broken talks unilaterally, which leaves our country judicially obliged to go before The Hague,» he explained, also making reference to the environmental complaints filed by scientists – which include the levels of phosphorus and the temperature of waste products released into the River Uruguay.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald