Foreign Minister Yván Gil on meeting between leaders of Venezuela and Guyana: “It's a victory for peace”

Published at: 11/12/2023 02:39 PM

The Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, assured, this Monday, that the meeting scheduled for December 14 between the leaders of Venezuela and Guyana, Nicolás Maduro and Irfaan Ali, respectively, is a victory for peace and dialogue.

“This is a victory for peace, it is a victory for dialogue, it is the victory to seek a mutually acceptable solution as required by the Geneva Agreement of 1966,” said the Foreign Minister, during a meeting with the media held at the Casa Amarilla Antonio José de Sucre, accompanied by the Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information, Freddy Ñáñez.

In this regard, Gil indicated that “President Nicolás Maduro is participating in this dialogue, with the mandate given to him by the people of Venezuela through the consultative referendum of December 3. In other words, it is a clear, transparent and forceful mandate, which gives the President a framework for action, in the context of respect for the Geneva Agreement of 1966.”

The diplomat said that this call, no matter how much one tries to “adorn with transnationals, is a victory of the Geneva Agreement”, while reiterating the gratitude on the part of the Venezuelan government and people to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM ), for the efforts made to consolidate the meeting between the leaders, as well as to the Prime Minister from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves.

The Foreign Minister indicated that the actions taken by the Head of State, after the consultation, aim, first of all, to defend the territoriality of Venezuela and, secondly, to “be able to seat Guyana at a direct negotiating table in order to address the practical elements to resolve this controversy (...) Our country is committed to peace and dialogue as the only way to resolve this controversy”.

Minister Freddy Ñáñez thanked the media for their concern in disseminating the historical truth of Venezuela, while expressing his concern about the bias that Europe and the West are trying to impose around the territorial dispute over the Essequibo.

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