GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jan 10, CMC – The Guyana government has expressed “grave concern” over what it claims to have been “recent actions and statements” by the Venezuela government that constitute ”clear violations” of the Argyle Agreement and the binding order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), both of which came into effect in December 2023.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalled that the Argyle Agreement, signed in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on December, 2023 in “the presence of regional and international interlocutors, unequivocally commits Guyana and Venezuela to refrain from escalating any conflict or disagreement arising from the territorial controversy between the two States”.
It said that this includes refraining from actions that could aggravate tensions or alter the current situation in the disputed territory, pending resolution in accordance with international law.
But Georgetown aid that the announcement by President Nicolás Maduro on January 7, this year, regarding the election of a “Governor of the Guayana Esequiba” by “the people of Guayana Esequiba” constitutes a direct violation of these commitments.
(Details in Politics section)
CMCC/2025