🇻🇪🇬🇾 🚨 PRESIDENTS OF VENEZUELA AND GUYANA TO MEET IN SAIN VINCENT'S AND THE GRENADINES, DECEMBER 14TH
The President of Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro and the President of Guyana, Irfaan Ali will meet in person in Saint Vincent's and the Grenadines, on December 14th to discuss a peaceful resolution to the crises in the Essequibo territory.
In a letter published by the host, Ralph Gonsalves to the two Presidents, Gonsalves wrote:
“The leadership of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States CELAC and the Caribbean Community Caricom consider it necessary and desirable to facilitate the convening of a meeting of the Presidents of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at 10 a.m., to discuss border dispute between these two great countries,” says the text of Gonsalves’ letter, which was published on air by the Venezuelan television channel VTV.
Nicholas Maduro previously requested the National Assembly in Venezuela to pass a law to protect Venezuela's interests in the disputed Essequibo territory by establishing a new Venezuelan state west of the Essequibo river.
He further announced the immediate activation of a social assistance plan for Guyana-Essequibo, a census, and the issuance of documents for the entire population of these lands.
As a temporary legal measure to integrate the new region, the head of state proposed a presidential decree establishing the Guyana-Essequibo Integral Defense Zone.
Guyana's President has said previously that the country views these moves as a threat to its national security and intends to appeal to the UN Security Council.