GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The UK Underneath Secretary of State on the International, Commonwealth and Growth Workplace (FCDO, David Rutley. On Monday, I held talks with President Dr. Irfaan Ali.
His go to comes just a few days after the British International Secretary, David Cameron, mentioned Rutley can be visiting Guyana as a part of the efforts by London to make sure that Guyana maintains its sovereignty over the disputed mineral-rich Essequibo area that Venezuela can also be claiming.
The Essequibo area makes up about two-thirds of Guyana and is residence to 125,000 of the nation’s 800,000 residents.
A authorities assertion issued following the talks mentioned the “discussions targeted on the continuation and enlargement of the connection between the UK and Guyana, particularly in sustainable and financial improvement and safety.”
It didn’t elaborate, additionally stating that the assembly was attended by the FCDO’s Americas Director, Robert Tinline, and the UK’s Excessive Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller. in addition to Prime Minister retired Brigadier Mark Phillips, Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh in addition to the Minister of International Affairs and Worldwide Cooperation, Hugh Todd.
Final week, Cameron, In a message posted on X, previously often called Twitter, mentioned that the assertion by Venezuela in St Vincent following the border talks between Caracas and Georgetown “it’ll chorus from using drive and any additional escalation is welcome.”
Cameron, a former British prime minister, mentioned that “concrete actions should comply with it” and that London “helps efforts by the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, to advertise peace in Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Sovereign borders have to be revered,” he mentioned,
The Joint Declaration of Argyle for Dialogue and Peace between Guyana and Venezuela, issued following talks in Kingstown between President Dr. Irfaan Ali and President Nicolas Maduro, additionally indicated that the 2 international locations agreed that “any controversies” between them can be resolved by worldwide regulation, together with the Geneva Settlement dated February 17, 1966.”
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