We have the honour to submit to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (“the Tribunal”) on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Guinea this statement in addition to our statement in response of 30 January 1998 and in reply to the request of St. Vincent and the Grenadines of 5 January 1998 and in reply to the statement of St. Vincent of 13 February 1998.

1. With respect to the facts giving rise to the dispute St. Vincent and the Grenadines has referred to paras. 2 to 20 of the “arbitration document” of St. Vincent and the Grenadines of 22 December 1997. In the following we refer to those facts which have not been stated or described correctly by St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The true facts will be mentioned in the following instead.

2. We present a sea chart as