WASHINGTON, CMC – The Group of American States (OAS) on Saturday “unequivocally” condemned the latest actions of Venezuelan naval vessels threatening ExxonMobil’s Floating Manufacturing Storage and Offloading (FPSO) items working inside Guyana’s internationally acknowledged maritime territory.
“Such acts of intimidation represent a transparent violation of worldwide regulation, undermine regional stability, and threaten the rules of peaceable coexistence between nations,” stated the OAS, reiterating its “steadfast help for Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
“The Venezuelan regime should instantly stop all aggressive maneuvers that would escalate tensions within the area,” it added, urging the Venezuelan Authorities to “adhere to respect ongoing worldwide authorized processes, together with the adjudication of the territorial dispute earlier than the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice.”
The OAS stated any try to make use of coercion or drive to change established borders is “unacceptable and opposite to the elemental rules of the OAS Constitution and worldwide regulation basically.”
It referred to as on the worldwide group to “stay vigilant and to defend the rule of regulation and regional safety.”
