Maduro’s government sees the arrival of a British warship in Guyana as a “threat”

The government of Venezuela this Thursday condemned the arrival Guyana of a British warship, an act he sees as a “hostile provocation” is “direct threat to peace”, amid the territorial dispute between the two South American countries, recently committed to reducing tensions.

In a statement, the Executive of Nicolás Maduro categorically rejected the arrival of the ship HMS Trent to the banks of the Guyanasomething that had already been announced on Thursday last week by the British BBC network.

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In the opinion of Venezuelathe presence of the military ship is “extremely serious”, as it is accompanied by statements of UKwhom they see as a “stripper” of the disputed territory, because Guyana was a British colony until 1966.

“These statements were also synchronized with actions of the United States Southern Commandwhich clearly becomes a direct threat to peace and stability in the region”, says the writing.

Venezuela also considers that this act constitutes a violation of the agreements signed on December 14 between Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart. Irfaan Aliin Saint Vincent and the Grenadineswhere they promised not to threaten each other and to avoid incidents that would cause tension due to this dispute.

For this reason, Venezuela, which “all shares are reserved” for “defend the maritime and territorial integrity of the homeland“, he asked Guyana”take immediate action to remove the ship HMS Trent and refrain from further involving military powers in the controversy”.

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Furthermore, he warned the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), who facilitated the São Vicentina meeting, that these actions “are contrary to the spirit of peace and understanding” awake.

The controversy increased after Venezuela approved on December 3, in a unilateral referendum, the annexation of the disputed area, an area of ​​almost 160 thousand square kilometers that is under the control of Guyana and whose controversy is in the hands of the International Court of Justice.

Source: Elcomercio

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