GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Dr. Irfaan Ali has warned the federal government of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro that Guyana won’t tolerate any transfer to annex sections of its territory.
Ali declared on Wednesday that Maduro had activated laws to make Essequibo a brand new state in step with final December’s referendum.
“Guyana needs to placed on discover the Authorities of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Governments of the Caribbean Group and the Latin American and Caribbean Group of Nations, in addition to the Secretary Basic of the United Nations and the Secretary Basic of the Organisation of American States, that it’s going to not countenance the annexation, seizure or occupation of any a part of its sovereign territory. Guyana has at all times stood by the rules of the United Nations Constitution, the rule of legislation, and the peaceable settlement of disputes,” Ali stated
The Authorities of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana has taken be aware of the motion taken right now, April 3, 2024, by the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to promulgate “the Natural Legislation for the Protection of Guayana Esequiba.”
In a press release, the federal government of Guyana stated that Venezuela’s try and annex greater than two-thirds of Guyana’s sovereign territory and make it a part of Venezuela “is an egregious violation of essentially the most elementary rules of worldwide legislation enshrined within the United Nations Constitution, the Constitution of the Organisation of American States, and customary worldwide legislation.”
The assertion stated that Maduro’s transfer additionally contradicts the letter and spirit of the Joint Declaration of Argyle for Dialogue and Peace between Guyana and Venezuela, which was agreed to on December 14, 2023, in St Vincent and the Grenadines. “This illegal act calls into query Venezuela’s obligation to abide by the rules of that Declaration.”
“On this mild, the Authorities of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana needs to placed on discover the Authorities of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Governments of the Caribbean Group and the Latin American and Caribbean Group of Nations, in addition to the Secretary Basic of the United Nations and the Secretary Basic of the Organisation of American States, that it’s going to not countenance the annexation, seizure or occupation of any a part of its sovereign territory. Guyana has at all times stood by the rules of the United Nations Constitution, the rule of legislation, and the peaceable settlement of disputes.”
The 1966 Geneva Settlement, to which Venezuela and Guyana are events, has given the Worldwide Court docket of Justice jurisdiction to resolve on Guyana’s case concerning the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award, which definitively settled the land boundary between the 2 nations. The Court docket’s choice can be ultimate and binding on each events.
“If Venezuela needs to contest title to the territory in query, the right discussion board is the Worldwide Court docket of Justice, which is able to resolve the problem objectively and in accordance with the legislation.”
“Moreover, the offensive and undignified statements made by President Maduro in regards to the President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana haven’t gone unnoticed,” the assertion famous, including that “it’s unlucky that the dedication made at Argyle to “the pursuance of excellent neighborliness, peaceable coexistence, and the unity of Latin America and the Caribbean” is now once more severely threatened by President Maduro’s phrases and motion right now.”
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