KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Andrew HOlness-led administration has supported Guyana following Friday’s ruling by the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice within the dispute between the Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) member state and neighboring Venezuela.
Venezuela has indicated that it’s going to maintain a referendum on Sunday on its claims over Guyana’s Essequibo county.
However the World Courtroom on Friday dominated that Venezuela ought to chorus from any motion that may seize, purchase, infringe upon, or assert or train sovereignty over the Essequibo area or every other a part of Guyana’s nationwide territory.
It additionally dominated that each events ought to keep away from any motion aggravating the present state of affairs.
Talking within the Senate on Friday morning, International Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith famous that though the court docket didn’t explicitly point out the deliberate referendum, it dominated that Venezuela ought to chorus from taking any motion which might modify the state of affairs that presently exists.
“The order can be made pending the court docket’s remaining dedication of the validity of the arbitral award that established the land boundary between the 2 states, and on this regard, it’s Jamaica’s hope, as we now have expressed on earlier events, that Venezuela will take part meaningfully in that adjudication course of,” mentioned Johnson Smith.
She added that Guyana can proceed to rely on Jamaica’s assist because it defends its sovereign rights and territorial integrity.
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