Warning of chaos and the disruption of integration if established borders are violated, President David Granger on Friday in his address to South American Presidents at the 48th Mercosur Summit said that the continent must be a “zone of peace” for it to progress.
“Violations of borders could degenerate into conflict and could derail integration. When borders which had been determined definitively settled by international agreements are disregarded by one state, other states may do the same. Chaos will ensue,” Granger said in a clear reference to the ongoing controversy reignited by Venezuela’s renewed claims to Guyana’s territory.
Granger headed a delegation from Guyana to the two-day trade summit, which
