CARACAS.- António Guterres, Secretary General of the HIM, thanked the authorities of Venezuela and Guyana that have made a commitment not to resort to force in the territorial dispute over the Essequibo.
The information was offered by Guterres’ spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, on Friday, December 15, one day after the meeting held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by the head of the Venezuelan regime, Nicolás Maduro, and the president of Guyana, Irfaan Ali.
Dujarric said that Guterres “welcomes the parties’ plans to meet again in Brazil in the coming months.” At the same time, the spokesperson highlighted the mediation of the Brazilian, San Vicente and Dominican authorities, who have served as interlocutors in the conversations between Venezuela y Guyana.
Guterres “is confident that the commitments reached in Argyle, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, will translate into an immediate de-escalation of tensions and a return to good neighborly relations.”
Venezuela-Guyana Agreement
The spokesman for the UN Secretary General pointed out that António Guterres “remembers that the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela is before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and does not take a position in relation to ongoing judicial processes.”
The first point of the joint declaration between Maduro and Ali states that Guyana and Venezuela will not threaten each other “directly or indirectly”, nor will they use force under any circumstances, “including those derived from any existing controversy between both States.”
In this sense, it was indicated that any controversy “will be resolved in accordance with international law, including the agreement of Ginebra (1966)”.
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Source: United Nations / Infobae
