Uruguay Argentina yesterday rejected the offer to perform a task of joint control over the operation of the ex Pastera Botnia, the first initiative for environmental monitoring after the failure of The Hague. If anyone thought the differences between the two countries were resolved, which wake up.

Testing the song: after the first stage of confrontation over the issue of the pulp mills on the Uruguay River (2003-2006), time demands, marches and work in teams failed high-level, reached the second stage (2006-2010) with judicial proceedings before the highest court of the planet, which failed with a "no": Uruguay violated the bilateral treaty, and accused Argentina, but could not prove that the Finnish Pastera pollutes the waters of the share or the air. Therefore, the court ordered the two countries back to basics: how to work together to set the Treaty itself. A monitoring captained by CARU, the Uruguay River Management Commission, bi-national body with representatives from both countries.

As anticipated Clarín, the Foreign Ministry last Friday presented to the CARU a proposal for joint monitoring of Botnia emissions to air, land and water, checked from within the plant. "This is a draft comprehensive and continuous monitoring of the industrial establishment ex Botnia, UPM current as well as the impact of the operation of the plant on the Uruguay River ecosystem, as the ICJ ordered the parties to it," says Chancery.

The delegation of Argentina also requested an extraordinary meeting next Monday 17 CARU to discuss the proposal. "

But Uruguay said "no." And everything indicates that begins the third stage of confrontation in this tale of two banks. According to the Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment of Uruguay, Graciela Muslera, Argentina "presented a proposal that goes beyond the provisions of the monitoring regime, which should be limited to the River Uruguay and nothing else. The same held the Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro: "We have a framework that is the ruling of the International Court in The Hague and have another frame of reference that are the powers of the CARU. We can not go beyond or to the powers of the CARU says or what the ruling of the Court. "

In the corridors of the Palacio San Martín was heard yesterday that I pose to the Uruguayan, the monitoring project is not presented anything auspicious.

If completed the meeting of the CARU, be the first between representatives of both countries after the break following differences sessions motivated by the conflict mill.

From Gualeguaychú, despite the disapproval of some who refuse to consider monitoring for a way to validate the operation of the pulp mills, Assembly postulate: "We must draw on all proposed controller Hague Botnia to watch from inside and collect evidence of irregularities and contamination. The evidence that the Court now says that Argentina could not present, watching from the opposite shore. "

Meanwhile, Cristina and Mujica prepare a meeting for June 4 in Anchorena (ROU), our country has not yet appointed new ambassador to Montevideo after the resignation of Hernán Patiño Meyer and the new Uruguayan ambassador in Buenos Aires, Guillermo Pomi, just to present his credentials.