Venezuela reaffirms the full validity of the Geneva Agreement and denounces the constant and systematic violations by the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana for its illegal extraction of resources in the territory of Essequibo.
Through a statement, Venezuela stressed that 59 years after this agreement, Guyana is obliged to sit down to negotiate immediately:
“Guyana has tried to disown its commitments and unilaterally dispose of a territory that does not belong to it, allowing the abusive, illicit and illegitimate exploitation of oil, gold and other precious minerals present in the disputed territory, to favor ExxonMobil and other large energy transnationals, with the formal and official protest of Venezuela”, says part of the document.
In this sense, Venezuela emphasizes that it will not give up its historical rights over the Essequibo.
Following, the full statement:
59 years after the signing of the Geneva Agreement, Guyana is obliged to sit down to negotiate immediately.
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela commemorates, with a deep sense of unity and sovereignty, the 59th anniversary of the signing of the «Agreement to Resolve the Controversy between Venezuela and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the border between Venezuela and British Guiana», signed on February 17, 1966 and known as the Geneva Agreement.
This international treaty, duly deposited in the United Nations Organization, buried the discussion on the validity or invalidity of the Arbitration Award of 1899 and established the obligation of the parties to put an end to the territorial controversy in relation to Essequibo, through a practical and mutually acceptable arrangement.
59 years after its signing, Venezuela reaffirms the full validity of the Geneva Agreement and denounces the constant and systematic violations by the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, which has attempted to disown its commitments and unilaterally dispose of a territory that does not belong to it, allowing the abusive, illicit and illegitimate exploitation of oil, gold and other precious minerals present in the disputed territory, to favor ExxonMobil and other large energy transnationals, with the formal and official protest of Venezuela.
Likewise, the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana persists in its stubborn interest in putting at risk the tranquility and peace of the Latin American and Caribbean region, in open complicity with factors external to this controversy, including the installation of military bases of the United States Southern Command in the Essequibo territory.
Venezuela will not yield to any maneuver that seeks to deprive it of the historical rights bequeathed by its Liberators after the independence struggle.
The Essequibo is and will be an indisputable part of Venezuelan territorial integrity and the fight for its recovery remains an unwavering cause of all the people, who expressed their almost unanimous support for the Geneva Agreement in the consultative referendum of December 3, 2023.
59 years after the signing and validity of the Geneva Agreement, Guyana is obliged to sit down to negotiate immediately, without further delay. The historical rights of Venezuela and its ownership over the Essequibo are irrefutable and non-negotiable.
The Geneva Agreement is the only established and agreed upon way between the parties to resolve this territorial controversy.”
The sun of Venezuela rises in the Essequibo!
