Foreign Minister Yván Gil meets with Ambassador of Guyana to promote binational dialogue

Published at: 08/03/2024 04:33 PM

The Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, held a meeting this Friday with the ambassador of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Richard Van West Charles.

Through his account on the social network X, Gil noted that the meeting aimed to “strengthen peace diplomacy and promote dialogue between our nations to resolve our differences, in line with the vision promoted by President Nicolás Maduro.”

On February 20, the Venezuelan president received the Credentials that accredit West Charles as head of the Guyanese Diplomatic Mission in Caracas.

Previously, upon receiving the Style Copies, Foreign Minister Gil said that he will work in collaboration with the new ambassador “and his team to improve effective communication” between the two nations, in the midst of the territorial dispute over Guiana Essequiba.

On January 25, the Venezuelan diplomat met in Brazil with his Guyanese counterpart, Hugh Todd, for the installation of the first binational Joint Commission, agreed in the Argyle Declaration on December 14, to address the controversy.

From the Itamaraty Palace, headquarters of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, the diplomats issued a Joint Declaration, accompanied by representatives of the governments of Brazil, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica.

This was the first high-level meeting between the delegations of both countries since the dialogue between Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali, last December in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

MPPRE