GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC—The Secretary Normal of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, has voiced help for President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali’s stance after President Nicolás Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela promulgated the Natural Regulation for the Defence of Essequibo earlier this week.
In an announcement on Saturday, Scotland mentioned she obtained a letter from Ali, who expressed concern that Venezuela’s subsequent transfer could be to implement its plan for the “seizure of Guyana’s sovereign territory.”
In keeping with Scotland, this new regulation purports to provide Venezuela management over two-thirds of Guyana’s sovereign territory. This laws creates a brand new state in Venezuela. The Head of State may have the ability to elect a governor, and the Nationwide Meeting of Venezuela may have legislative capabilities on this territory. Additionally, all political maps of Venezuela will now embrace the ‘state of Guyana Essequiba.’’
The Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ), on 1 December 2023, unanimously indicated its Order on Provisional Measures on the dispute between Venezuela and Guyana. It states, pending the Court docket’s last determination within the case,
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela shall chorus from taking any motion which might modify the scenario that presently prevails within the territory in dispute, whereby the Co-operative Republic of Guyana administers and workout routines management over that space.”
About Venezuela’s April third promulgation, the Commonwealth Secretary-Normal famous:
“Venezuela’s newest actions seem to straight contravene the ICJ Order and in addition the spirit of the 14 December 2023 Joint Declaration of Argyle for Dialogue and Peace between Guyana and Venezuela, by which each states agreed to make use of worldwide regulation and diplomatic means to deal with the controversy and chorus from escalating the battle.”
“The Commonwealth affirms that the ICJ course of is the suitable and lawful means to deal with the matter beneath worldwide regulation.”
The Secretary-Normal pointed to her earlier statements of 1 November and 1 December 2023 on the matter and the 11 December 2023 Final result Assertion of the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana (CMGG).
She additionally referenced the Concluding Assertion of the Sixty-Fourth Assembly of the Commonwealth Ministerial Motion Group, issued on 12 March 2024, and the Secretary-Normal famous,
“I’m inspired by the agency and constant help from the complete Commonwealth household for the Authorities and other people of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. I additionally name on member states to provide no matter help they really feel applicable to Guyana on this time of want.”
“I supply my continued help, and that of the Commonwealth, to assist resolve the matter peacefully.”
The Commonwealth Secretary-Normal urged the Authorities and other people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to abide by the ideas of worldwide regulation and to handle the dispute in ways in which assure the peace and stability of the Caribbean area.
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