Only 7 of 22 provincial territorial agreements have been reached

The Consortium of Autonomous Provincial Governments (Congope for its Spanish acronym) records four territorial delimitation agreements and the National Committee for Internal Limits (Conali) three.

At national level there are 22 of these disputes, which shall be resolved until April 2015, according to the Law on territorial borders establishment.

The Congope Director, Edwin Muñoz, reported the following agreements: Pichincha and Santo Domingo, Cañar and Azuay, Cañar and Morona Santiago, and Azuay and Morona Santiago.

Furthermore, of Loja and Azuay, Chimborazo and Bolivar, and Cotopaxi and Tungurahua, are registered in the Conali.

Muñoz said that the consortium defined an internal deadline so that the provinces reach a solution. It will be until next February 15, as agreed in a meeting with the governors last December.