Granger: Guyana is facing a challenge to its survival
Guyana's President David Granger issued the warning on Friday during his speech at the Perry Center of Hemispheric Defense Studies, in Washington, D.C.
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David Granger declared in Washington (File photo)
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Friday July 24, 2015 04:37 PM
Guyana "is facing a challenge to its survival" because of the border dispute with neighboring Venezuela, which could threaten the regional security, warned on Friday Guyanese President David Granger in Washington, D.C.
"Guyana at the moment is facing a challenge to its survival by a larger state," Granger told guests at the William Perry Center of Hemispheric Defense Studies in the US capital city, AFP quoted.
"The present threat, if not resolved promptly, if not resolved permanently, if not resolved peacefully could lead to deterioration of the security situation in the entire Caribbean and on the northern tier of the South American continent," he said.
Granger recalled the border dispute for the Essequibo region –a jungle area that represents two thirds of its territory of 215,000 km2- with Venezuela, a country that he did not refer by name.
For Guyana, the boundaries were set in an arbitral award of 1899 –when it was a British colony- and the good offices of the United Nations set forth in the Geneva Agreement have not rendered fruit. Therefore, the dispute should be settled at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Venezuela, however, maintains that the Geneva Agreement signed by Caracas and Georgetown in 1966 "is the basis for a fair, legal claim" of Essequibo.
"Guyana at the moment is facing a challenge to its survival by a larger state," Granger told guests at the William Perry Center of Hemispheric Defense Studies in the US capital city, AFP quoted.
"The present threat, if not resolved promptly, if not resolved permanently, if not resolved peacefully could lead to deterioration of the security situation in the entire Caribbean and on the northern tier of the South American continent," he said.
Granger recalled the border dispute for the Essequibo region –a jungle area that represents two thirds of its territory of 215,000 km2- with Venezuela, a country that he did not refer by name.
For Guyana, the boundaries were set in an arbitral award of 1899 –when it was a British colony- and the good offices of the United Nations set forth in the Geneva Agreement have not rendered fruit. Therefore, the dispute should be settled at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Venezuela, however, maintains that the Geneva Agreement signed by Caracas and Georgetown in 1966 "is the basis for a fair, legal claim" of Essequibo.
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