Venezuela’s government announced on Saturday that it will hold a high-level meeting with Guyana’s executive branch “in the coming days.” to address the territorial dispute between the two countries, following proposals from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).
In a statement, Caracas reported along these lines of recent conversations between President Nicolás Maduro and Lula da Silva, as well as with the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves – who holds the Celac presidency – and the Secretary General. the United Nations (UN), António Guterres.
“In these talks, the proposal was received to hold a high-level meeting with Guyana, which will be announced in the coming days. to maintain our commitment to maintain Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peacewithout interference from external actors,” the statement reads.
Venezuela, which approved the annexation of the disputed territory in a unilateral referendum last Sunday, accepted the call for the meeting “with approval and commitment.”
The letter also points out that in the talks with Lula da Silva and Gonsalves, Maduro “rejected the historic position on Venezuela’s indisputable rights” to the Guyana Essequibathe disputed area of almost 160,000 square kilometers, controlled by Georgetown.
Regarding the conversation with Guterres: The text indicates that the UN Secretary General “is committed to promoting efforts in favor of direct dialogue between the Parties.”‘ and ‘recalled that he always offered his good offices to resolve the controversy’, which dates back to the 19th century.
This lawsuit has been ongoing since 2018, given the admission of the case by the International Court of Justice (ICJ)that has asked Venezuela not to take actions that would change the current dynamics in the Guyana-administered territory.
However, Maduro rejects the ICJ’s mediation in this case, an assertion that was also reinforced by the referendum, in which Venezuelans agreed not to recognize the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, which in any case will issue a decision binding on the two nations in the country. next months. (JO)
Source: Eluniverso
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