The return of tensions between Venezuela and Guyana supposes “enormous dangers” for the region, due to the arrival of a British warship to the Guyanese coast, to which the Government of Nicolas Maduro responded with a “defensive action” of the Armed Forces, the NGO Citizen Control warned this Thursday.
The director of the non-governmental organization, Rocío San Miguel, referred to the statements made today by the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, in which he spoke of a “breaking off” of what was agreed, by his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali, on December 14, when they agreed not to threaten each other and avoid incidents.
“Venezuela considers that the Argyle declaration is broken (…) that it contains enormous dangers for the peace and stability of the region,” San Miguel told EFE, who believes that the military exercises ordered by Maduro, in response to the “threat” from the United Kingdom, began today and will last until the HMS Trent of the British Navy leaves the Guyanese coast.
However, the Guyanese Government stated that it is committed to what was agreed with Maduro, and that the arrival of the ship is “a routine” and somewhat “long planned, part of the building of Guyana’s defensive capability.”
According to the analyst, with the military deployment – which includes 5,682 “fighters”, 28 aircraft and 16 vessels, among other machinery, Venezuela “he is showing his teeth” and exhibiting its operational capacity, as well as its “patrolling and surveillance provision”.
The exercises, which are carried out in the state of Sucre (northeast), hundreds of kilometers from Guyana, are Venezuela’s response to Georgetown’s refusal to prevent the arrival of the British ship.
San Miguel believes that, since it is not known how long the Venezuelan maneuvers will last, they could coincide with exercises on the Guyanese side in early January, which would configure “a scenario of clear military tensions of a regional nature”.
The territorial dispute escalated after Venezuela approved on December 3, in a unilateral referendum, to annex the area under dispute, an area of almost 160,000 square kilometers that is under the control of Guyana and whose controversy is in the hands of the International Court of Justice. .
Source: Gestion
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