Santo Domingo.- The deputy Pelegrín Castillo asked the Presidency to complete the file on Dominican Republic’s position on its maritime interests, sending to the United Nations, the Convention on Ocean Rights ratified by Congress.

In a statement the lawmaker said the country can obtain new marine spaces with friendly negotiations with the United Kingdom, the United States, Holland and Haiti.

He said Congress approved interpretative declarations on the Convention which must be sent to the UN.

Castillo asked the Government to expedite the exploration of the Atlantic’s seafloor for oil or natural gas with Spain, and to evaluate its geologic structure. “The preliminary results of the scientific exploration by the Spanish ship Hésperides in April last year were very interesting and promising.”