Amid a week-old row over the seizure by Venezuela of an oil exploration vessel in Guyana’s waters, technical teams from Georgetown and Caracas are to meet in four months to address maritime delimitation.
This was one of the key points agreed by the delegations from the two countries at a meeting in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago yesterday. A joint statement to this effect was issued last night. A separate statement from the Guyana Ministry of Foreign Affairs last night said
“With specific regard to the release of the crew and the vessel (Teknik Perdana), Minister (Carolyn) Rodrigues-Birkett said `based on information provided by the judicial authorities , the crew and vessel is expected to be released within the coming hours.’” It had been reported from Caracas earlier in the week that the crew and Malaysian vessel had
