Ghana says it will release Argentine ship held since October
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Dec. 14, 2012: Argentina's three-masted navy training tall ship ARA Libertad, which was seized on Oct. 2 as collateral for unpaid bonds dating from Argentina's economic crisis a decade ago, sits docked at the port in Tema, outside Accra, in Ghana. (AP)
Ghana's government says it will comply with a United Nations court order to release an Argentine naval ship that's been held since October.
Deputy Information Minister Sam Okudzeto-Ablakwa said the government "has decided to fully comply with the decision of the court." He spoke to radio station Joy FM.
Ghana's Attorney General Benjamin Kunbuor said on a radio broadcast Tuesday that the Supreme Court must reverse a lower court ruling to impound the ship before the Argentine vessel could be released.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The U.N. International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Saturday ordered Ghana to release the ship.
The ARA Libertad training ship was impounded Oct. 2 at Tema port at the behest of private creditors as collateral for unpaid bonds dating from Argentina's economic crisis a decade ago.