Seeking a peaceful solution

Venezuela and Guyana say they will explore mechanisms within international law to address their maritime delimitation issues, but maintained that they wanted a “peaceful solution” to the differences between them. A joint statement issued following talks here between Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and here Venezuelan counterpart, Elias Jaua Milano, noted that the discussions were aimed at “advancing the bilateral political dialogue in light of the recent event”. Last week, Venezuela naval ship arrested the crew of a vessel conducting a multi-beam survey of the Georgetown described the incident as “unprecedented in Guyana-Venezuela relations” insisting that the seismic vessel, the RV Teknik Perdana, was in “Guyana’s waters when this regrettable incident took place.“In fact, Guyana has been exercising jurisdiction over the said area ever since the extension of the jurisdiction of coastal States was established under international law. Venezuela and Guyana say they will explore mechanisms within international law to address their maritime delimitation issues, but maintained that they wanted a “peaceful solution” to the differences between them. A joint statement issued following talks here between Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and here Venezuelan counterpart, Elias Jaua Milano, noted that the discussions were aimed at “advancing the bilateral political dialogue in light of the recent event”.

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