evidence: "If the government of El Salvador really considers that there is a boundary dispute, we call on it to cease resorting to the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity of Nicaragua and submit the alleged dispute to the International Court of Justice," it demanded. [...] Those maritime spaces "are and have always been under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the Republic of El Salvador, in accordance with state practice and international law," the minister added. [...] But El Salvador did not participate in the signing and questioned the agreement. El Salvador and Honduras still dispute the sovereignty of Conejo Island in the gulf.