Observations of the Government of the Republic of El Salvador

Annex1to SH 90/1

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SECRETARIA DE ESTADO San Salvador, January 8thI 1990.

DGL No. 000273

Dear Sir:

1 have the honour to refer to your letter
of 14 December 1989, informing the Parties to the
Case concerning the Land, Island and Marltime Frontier
Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras) that the Court has
decided to afford the two Parties the opportunity
to express their views., at this stage, on the
preliminary question whether the application for
permission to intervene filed by Nicaragua falls within
the jurisdiction of the Chamber seized of the Case,
or that of the full Court.

The Government of El Salvador intends to
oppose the Nicaraguan application to intervene,
including the request for reformation of the Chamber,
on grounds it will develop when asked to file its
observations in accordance with Article 83 para.1
of the Rules of Court.

Believing that the reasons for opposing

the application are equally valid before the full
Court or before the Chamber, the Government of El
Salvador has no observations to make on the preliminary
question of whether the Nicaraguan application falls
within the jurisdiction of the Chamber or that of
the full Court.

Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest
col-~siderdtion.

Agent of the Republic of El Salvador

Honorable Dr. Eduardo Valencia Ospina
Registrar, International Court of Justice.The Hague.