Opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmondo Gonzalez On Tuesday, April 1, their commitment to “defense” expressed sovereignty Venezuela About Essequibo, an oil -rich area that the country claims from the adjacent Joyana In the centenary regional controversy.
The government of the Venezuelan President, Nicholas MaduroHe accused opposing the desire to “surrender” the region to Guyana.
“Essequibo from Venezuela and we will defend it. Venezuela’s rights on Essequibo lands are indisputable, based on solid historical and legal titles.”
The dispute over this area of 160,000 square kilometers, was revived when Exagonobil discovered huge oil deposits on the site a decade ago, was placed again on the table last week by a diplomatic chief USAMarco Rubio, who warned Venezuela of the consequences he will face if he attacked Guaana.
Maduro rejected the statements of Rubio, to which he qualified as “Embecile”, while his government denied requesting the conflict. The armed force warned that it would respond to “packages and design on any provocation or procedure.”
“We want to be qualified: We categorically oppose any war option to solve this issue,” the opposition leaders expressed their statement.
In early March, Joyana Battle in his waters from a military ship of Venezuela, which denied the accusation.
Venezuela will first choose the Venezuelan authorities for Essequibo in the elections of the conservatives and deputies on May 25. On Monday, the Government Party announced the nomination of a senior military officer, Admiral Neil Villamesar, who was the commander of the navy, for the position of ruler.
A Joyana Defends a report on the year 1899, which established the current borders and the government of President Joyani, IRFAN there, asked the International Court of Justice (CIJ) to ratify it.
A VenezuelaWho rejects the jurisdiction of this organism in the case, appeals to an agreement signed in 1966 with UK Before Guianese independence, which canceled this report and established the foundations for a negotiable solution.
Unlike the government, the opposition calls for the defense of the Venezuelan position with CIJ. “This process requires an integral legal and strategic defense, with the participation of the best experts, without political or ideological manipulation,” he said.
