The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela sent a memorandum to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) confirming that it does not acknowledge its jurisdiction to study whether or not it has jurisdiction to recognize the unilateral request made by the government of Guyana on the territory of the Essequibo and through which it is intended to validate the fraudulent award of 1899 to illegally strip the Venezuelan territory and deliver it to transnational companies such as Exxon Mobil.
“Venezuela has never recognized the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (…) The mechanisms of political negotiation must be mutually agreed and in a progressive manner”, the Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, sentenced this Tuesday from the press room of Miraflores Palace, in Caracas.
Rodríguez, in addition to ratifying the historical position of non-recognition of the ICJ jurisdiction, also stressed that Venezuela has not given any consent to resolve this dispute through any other way than the Geneva Agreement that rests with the Organization of United Nations (UN).
She pointed out that the international community should know that the position of Venezuela, after the Port of Spain Protocol ended, was to resume negotiations, “But Guyana has never wanted to reach an agreement with Venezuela”, recalled the vice president.
“Venezuela has sent 21 proposals for negotiation, so that we comply with the Geneva agreement and nothing will get us out of that path”, he said, while noting that the Bolivarian Government delivered a memorandum to the ICJ on the historical position of our country.
“In 2017, Guyana opposed to any kind of proposals from Venezuela for negotiation and prepared to let time die, as not to reach any agreement”, he recalled.
The Executive Vice President also denounced that since 2015, Guyana changed its proposal and is currently betraying the Geneva Agreement as part of the imperial script that seeks to appropriate Venezuela’s resources.
“Venezuela is never going to lend itself to this type of blackmail (…) but with great force we are going to defend our territory”, he said.
