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Aug 07, 2015 News
– wants to discuss range of issues
President David Granger is still willing to hold talks with Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro.
In a brief interview with media operatives yesterday, the President said that there are a number of issues which he wishes to discuss with his Venezuelan counterpart and these have nothing to do with any so-called territorial dispute, since that matter was put to bed 116 years ago.
“I would like to discuss the reduction of tension, the removal of aggressive actions on the part of Venezuela and I would like to discuss the restoration of cordial relations among all states of the Caribbean and the hemisphere, those are the things I want to discuss with Maduro. I want to discuss making the Caribbean a zone of peace; I want to discuss giving Guyana an opportunity to develop its resources without interference,” President Granger said.
Over the past two months, President Maduro has issued decrees claiming rights over Guyana’s exclusive economic zone. This is in addition to reviving its claims on the majority of Essequibo, the biggest county. The decrees give Venezuela’s gunboats permission to unilaterally patrol in Guyana’s waters, angering the new administration and sparking a flurry of complaints to the international bodies.
In his address to the Parliament last month, President Granger said that “Guyana has always embraced the principle of the peaceful settlement of disputes. But in as much as we are a peace-loving nation, we will not allow our territorial integrity to be threatened or violated.”
Meanwhile, President Maduro has moved to the United Nations (UN) with hopes of getting the international community to listen to the Venezuelan rationale for impinging on the rights of a sovereign state, and has even requested the reviving of the United Nations’ Good Officer process, a decision that Guyana has since rejected.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge, at a recent press conference made it clear that the UN initiative has failed.
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