Guyanese President Irfaan Ali says his assembly on Thursday with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro can be confined to discussing the necessity for peace and respect for worldwide regulation regardless of their ongoing border dispute.
Ali, in a letter responding to St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, who has organized the assembly in Kingstown, stated that he will likely be attending the talks “in reply to the decision by colleague” CARICOM leaders for “acceptable dialogue” “to make sure peaceable coexistence, the appliance and respect for worldwide regulation and the avoidance of the use or threats of drive.”
Gonsalves stated the 2 leaders, whose international locations are at odds over the possession of the Essequibo county in Guyana, had agreed to satisfy face-to-face 10 .a.m (native time) on Thursday underneath the underneath the auspices of the Neighborhood of States of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC), of which St Vincent and the Grenadines is the professional tempore, and CARICOM, whose present chairman is the Dominican Prime Minster, Roosevelt Skerrit.
Gonsalves stated that Ali and Maduro have requested the presence of President of Brazil, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, including that an invite had been despatched to the Brazilian chief.
“I don’t wish to preempt what we’ll do or preempt what would be the end result of the dialogue however we’ve got made it very clear…and we hope that good sense will prevail. We hope that there will likely be a full dedication to peace, respect for our borders and for peace inside the area,” Ali stated.
He stated his response to Gonsalves had been copied to President Maduro, President Da Silva, Prime Minister Skerritt and CARICOM Secretary Normal Dr Carla Barnett.
He famous that CARICOM leaders reasserted that they firmly help Guyana in resolving its border controversy with Venezuela by way of the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ), urged Venezuela to respect an order to respect the prevailing boundary with Guyana till a ultimate decision and reiterated its dedication to the Caribbean as a zone of peace and the upkeep of worldwide regulation.
“We aren’t going to take away from the ICJ, we’re not going to step out from the ICJ, ” he stated.
Ali vowed that Guyana would take motion to ban Venezuela’s state-owned oil and fuel , and mining firms to seek for oil, fuel and minerals in addition to set up a army zone in Essequibo and the granting of Venezuelan citizenship and identification playing cards to Guyanese nationals.
“We aren’t going to permit any of this to occur in Guyana. Let me make it very clear. He can announce and problem however none of this-we are working with our allies, we’re working with our companions to make sure there’s completely no overstepping into the sacred house of Guyana which incorporates comprehensively and in totality the Essequibo,” Ali stated.
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