GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC -President Irfaan Ali Monday confirmed that former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompey had arrived right here for a “non-public go to,” including, “We’ve a courtesy dialogue.”
“Secretary Pompeo performed an important function in guaranteeing that Guyana stayed the course of democracy, which was very key when the final authorities tried to steal an election and steal democracy,” Ali advised reporters.
Pompeo served within the Donald Trump administration and, within the aftermath of the regional and basic elections right here, had issued a number of statements calling on then-president David Granger to concede defeat.
In 2021, Pompeo, as a member of the Trump administration, discovered himself on the middle of the then-US president’s refusal to just accept the outcomes of an election that Joe Biden gained.
Ali stated that Pompeo had additionally lately spoken out towards Venezuela’s latest territorial aggression towards Guyana, including, “his curiosity in Guyana and the event of Guyana has at all times been excessive.”
Venezuela had been laying declare to the Essequibo area, which makes up about two-thirds of Guyana and is residence to 152,000 of the nation’s 800,000 residents.
Each Guyana and Venezuela have signed the Joint Declaration of Argyle for Dialogue and Peace, agreeing that “any controversies” between them can be resolved by worldwide regulation, together with the Geneva Settlement dated February seventeenth, 1966.
Guyana can also be awaiting a ruling on the border dispute from the Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ).
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