Guyana’s Nationwide Meeting will meet on Friday morning for an ‘extraordinary’ sitting, to contemplate a movement in relation to the continued 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 relation to the border controversy.
On Wednesday, the Nationwide Meeting’s Committee on International Relations agreed to the framework for the movement on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, which will likely be tabled this week.
Amongst different issues, the movement will search to extend public consciousness on the controversy and have steady schooling concerning the historic and present information surrounding Venezuela’s declare.
Venezuela’s deliberate referendum and its permitted questions for the referendum later this yr have set off a wave of criticisms, with the Guyana authorities accusing Venezuela of attempting to annex components of the nation’s territory in contravention with 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 will open the door to the potential violation of this basic tenet of worldwide regulation.
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