General News of Tuesday, 17 October 2017Source: classfmonline.comGhana, Côte d’Ivoire sign ITLOS MoUs3 MoUs and one strategic agreement which covers six thematic areas were signed by the two countriesThe governments of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have signed the Joint Commission for implementation of the ITLOS Agreement. The Special Chamber of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) ruled in favour of Ghana in the three-year-long maritime dispute. The Chamber in a unanimous decision on Saturday, September 23, 2017, ruled that there had not been any violation on the part of Ghana on Côte d’Ivoire’s maritime boundary. The Chamber rejected Côte d’Ivoire’s argument that Ghana’s coastal lines were unstable. “That has to be our future, and today we are pointing to that future, a future of cooperation, a future that can allow us to go over artificial divisions like language and buildings.”

Source: GhanaWeb October 17, 2017 12:33 UTC