GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana’s Nationwide Meeting will meet subsequent Friday morning for an ‘extraordinary’ sitting to think about a movement in regards to the ongoing border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.
This was disclosed on Friday by the Clerk of the Nationwide Meeting, Sherlock Isaacs.
The Parliamentary sitting comes on the heels of a gathering between President Irfaan Ali and Opposition Chief Aubrey Norton. The 2 sides have agreed on a united entrance in regards to the border controversy.
On Wednesday, the Nationwide Meeting’s Committee on Overseas Relations agreed to the framework for the movement on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, which might be tabled subsequent week.
Amongst different issues, the movement will search to extend public consciousness of the controversy and have steady schooling in regards to the historic and present information surrounding Venezuela’s declare.
Venezuela’s deliberate referendum and its authorized questions for the referendum later this yr have set off a wave of criticisms, with the Guyana authorities accusing Venezuela of attempting to annex elements of the nation’s territory in contravention of worldwide regulation.
CARICOM and the Organisation of American States (OAS) have additionally rejected the referendum, stating that worldwide regulation strictly prohibits the Authorities of 1 State from unilaterally seizing, annexing, or incorporating the territory of one other state and famous that the referendum would open the door to the potential violation of this elementary tenet of worldwide regulation.
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