APNU MP Deborah Backer yesterday cautioned that in the aftermath of the death of President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela has to be closely watched as it relates to the border controversy with Guyana and trade ties but Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett was confident of continuing good relations.
“While we know the claims of Venezuela and Suriname are unfounded we must redouble our diplomatic efforts to resolve them,” Backer said as she opened the fourth day of the 2013 parliamentary budget debate.
She noted that Chavez, who succumbed to cancer last month, was instrumental in keeping the
