Venezuelan President praised the results of talks over territorial dispute with Guyana
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro praised the results of negotiations with Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali aiming to settle the long-standing territorial dispute between these countries, TASS reports
The talks took place on December 14th in the capital of the Caribbean island state of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Kingstown.
At a meeting with the high command of the Venezuelan armed forces, which was broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión, Maduro said that December 14th would be written in the history of the Bolivarian Diplomacy of Peace as a day of Venezuela’s triumph of truth before Latin America and the Caribbean.
The President of Venezuela assured that during the negotiations ‘we won peace, no one can break it’. Maduro underlined the importance of the armed forces in ensuring the country’s peace and security. “We have succeeded in strengthening peace and internal security, a monolithic union of the Bolivarian armed forces that at all times overcomes any difficulties,” the Venezuelan leader said.
In a joint declaration following the talks, Venezuela and Guyana committed themselves to refraining from using force in settling the territorial conflict, reaffirmed their obligations to preserve Latin America as a zone of peace, to prevent aggravation of the situation in the disputed Guyana-Essequibo region, and to resolve the long-term territorial dispute in accordance with international law.
