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U.S will carry out military aerial exercises in Guyana amid tensions between Georgetown and Caracas due to a territorial dispute over Essequibo and after the disappearance of a Guyanese helicopter on the border with Venezuelaannounced this Thursday the US embassy.
“In collaboration with the Defense Force of Guyanahe United States Southern Command will carry out flight operations within Guyana on December 7,” said a statement released by the US embassy in Guyana.
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“This exercise is based on commitments and routine operations to enhance the security partnership between the United States and Guyanaand strengthen regional cooperation”, notes the text.
The United States’ announcement comes four days after a referendum held in Venezuela for the territory of Essequibowhich further intensified tensions between the two countries that have been fighting over this oil-rich area administered by Georgetown for more than a century.
The United States has also indicated that it will continue its “collaboration” with the Guyanese armed forces “in the areas of disaster preparedness, air and maritime security, and the fight against transnational criminal organizations.”
On Wednesday, the government of Venezuela accused Guyanese President Irfaan Ali of giving the “green light” to US military bases in Essequibo.
“He irresponsibly gave the green light to the presence of United States Southern Command in the territory of Guyana Essequibaover which Guyana maintains a de facto occupation”, indicated a statement released by Itamaraty in reference to Ali.
Venezuela maintains that the Essequibo It is part of its territory, as in 1777, when it was a colony of Spain, and appeals to the Geneva agreement, signed in 1966, before Guyana’s independence from the United Kingdom, which laid the foundations for a negotiated solution and annulled an 1899 sentence. which defined the current limits.
Guyana defends this ruling and asks for it to be ratified by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), whose jurisdiction is unknown to the Venezuelan government.
Source: Elcomercio
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