State visit of Venezuelan President… Maduro, Ramotar recommit to Good Officer process

President Maduro gestures while answering a question from a reporter at the International Conference Centre yesterday. (Photo by Arian Browne)

On his first official visit as President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart President Donald Ramotar recommitted to the United Nations Good Offices process in the search for a peaceful and practical settlement of the border controversy between the two South American neighbours.

There were no indications from either President that there had been any changes to PetroCaribe arrangements, and Guyana’s Ambassador to Caracas told Stabroek News that the terms remained the same.

Further, the two leaders signed a declaration in which they committed to