Guyana backs dialogue to resolve Falkland Islands dispute -Rodrigues-Birkett

Mike Summers (second from left) speaking to local journalists

Guyana is urging dialogue between the United Kingdom and Argentina to resolve the continuing dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett says.

“We support the UN resolution on this matter… from our own experience with border issues, we know that the countries should sit down and talk it out to try to find a solution,” Rodrigues-Birkett told Stabroek News on Wednesday, as representatives from the Falkland Islands visited Guyana to highlight its territorial issues with Argentina.

A 1964 UN resolution had called on the UK and Argentina to proceed