GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – On Monday, The Guyana authorities stated it had famous Venezuela’s choice to undergo the Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ) concerning the possession of the Essequibo. This oil-rich area makes up about two-thirds of Guyana and is residence to 125,000 of its 800,000 residents.
The Ministry of International Affairs and Worldwide Cooperation stated that Georgetown has famous that the South American nation had “made a submission in the present day to the Worldwide Court docket of Justice in line with the Court docket’s stipulated timeline for the receipt of Venezuela’s Counter-Memorial on the deserves of the case in regards to the Arbitral Award of three October 1899…which is pending earlier than it.
“This case, which Guyana filed in March 2018, seeks the Court docket’s choice on the validity of the Arbitral Award which lastly decided the land boundary between the 2 international locations. The Court docket has already dominated that it has jurisdiction over the controversy and can resolve the difficulty on the deserves,” the ministry stated in its assertion.
It stated Guyana has repeatedly known as on Venezuela to take part totally within the judicial proceedings and adjust to the Court docket’s rulings “and due to this fact welcomes Venezuela’s submissions on the substantive points that the Court docket will finally resolve.
“Guyana notes that CARICOM (Caribbean Neighborhood), the Commonwealth, and different members of the worldwide neighborhood have additionally been urging Venezuela to take part within the proceedings earlier than the ICJ.
“Guyana considers that it’s helpful to the Court docket to have earlier than it the submissions of each events on the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award and the settlement of the worldwide boundary.”
Guyana, which made its submissions in April final yr, stated, “With the submissions of each States earlier than it, the Court docket will be capable to take all arguments and proof into consideration and situation a extra knowledgeable judgment, which might be closing and binding on the events.
“Guyana has constantly pledged to abide by the Court docket’s Judgement,” it added.
Final Wednesday, President Nicolas Maduro, campaigning for the upcoming Presidential election in Venezuela, alleged secret US navy bases in Essequibo, calling them an “aggression” and saying they have been constructed “to arrange for an escalation in opposition to Venezuela.
“We’ve info indicating that within the territory of Guyana Essequibo, quickly administered by Guyana, secret navy bases of the US Southern Command, an company of the CIA, have been put in,” Maduro stated.
He additionally claimed that Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali “doesn’t govern Guyana” and that “The Southern Command, the CIA and ExxonMobil management Guyana.”
Each Washington and the Guyana authorities have dismissed Maduro’s declare.
Final December, Caracas claimed that greater than half of eligible Venezuelan voters had participated in a referendum that yielded overwhelming assist for claiming the Essequibo.
Nationwide Electoral Council president Elvis Amoroso stated greater than 10.4 million out of 20.7 million eligible voters had forged their ballots.
The referendum got here after the ICJ warned Caracas in opposition to “annexation” of the Essequibo.
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