The setting of a process to define the maritime boundary between Guyana and Venezuela was a satisfactory outcome of the October 17 talks between the two states following Caracas’ seizure of the research vessel RV Teknik Perdana, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has said.
Rodrigues-Birkett and her Venezuelan counterpart Elias Jaua Milano met in Trinidad on October 17 following the Venezuelan Navy’s seizure of the oil exploration vessel R/V Teknik Perdana on October 10. Both sides claimed that the vessel was in their waters. Caracas subsequently charged the captain of the vessel with allegedly violating
