Army response to Venezuela troop build-up sends wrong signal -Jagdeo

Bharrat Jagdeo

Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday voiced disapproval of military manoeuvres being undertaken by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in response to Venezuela’s troop build-up near this country’s western border and he stressed the need for President David Granger and the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro to hold bilateral talks.

“Dialogue is the only way forward. There is no room for belligerence or pugnacious or arrogant foreign policy,” the former president told a news conference at Freedom House yesterday.

Jagdeo said not only has the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) not yet been briefed on the issue by the Granger