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Jul 04, 2015 News
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The United Nations (UN) is to appoint a mission to Guyana to help diffuse growing tensions over land and sea claims that Venezuela has made.
The disclosures were made yesterday shortly after Head of State, David Granger, met with UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon on the sidelines of the 36th CARICOM Heads of Government Summit in Barbados.
According to a Government statement of the meeting between Granger and the UN’s chief, the President was able to advance Guyana’s position on the territorial dispute with Venezuela.
The two met for a brief engagement at the Hilton Hotel in Barbados where the Conference of Heads of Government is being held.
President Granger led the local delegation which included Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge and Director General, Foreign Affairs Ministry, Audrey Waddell.
“President Granger informed the Secretary General of Venezuela’s latest aggression towards Guyana which has now gone beyond Guyana and Venezuela as it has contaminated relations with the entire Eastern Caribbean,” the statement said.
While acknowledging that the Good Officer Process- which was established to look into claims by Venezuela-
and the Geneva Convention still stands, President Granger said he humbly informed the UN Official that these mechanisms have been exhausted.
The UN Secretary General has given a commitment that a mission will be appointed and sent to Guyana with the aim of addressing the matter from a more in depth and informed platform.
“We expect the UN Secretary General to play an important role in reducing the level of tension and to support Guyana in having the decree withdrawn,” Granger said to reporters.
The President has also stated that his administration will stand ready to receive the UN mission when the time arises to deal with the issue.
Meanwhile, Venezuela President, Nicholas Maduro, who was expected in Barbados yesterday, has decided against his visit, instead sending his Vice President, Jorge Arreza.
President Granger in an invited comment said he was still willing to meet with the Vice President, maintaining his position that his ultimate goal out of that meeting would be to have the decree withdrawn.
“My concern is the withdrawal of the decree…we feel that this is damaging to regional security. Yes, I’m prepared to meet if this can contribute to resolving the present stage of the conflict,” the Guyanese leader said.
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