Former president Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that his PPP/C government had explored the option of granting Venezuela a channel through Guyana’s Atlantic waters as a means of settling the long-running border controversy, which escalated in May this year.
Lifting a veil on the maritime initiative, which had been spoken about in diplomatic circles for a number of years but which had never been publicised, Jagdeo also raised concerns about whether the Granger administration’s strategy for a juridical settlement of the controversy was the best option or even available.
Guyana is insisting that the controversy be settled juridically, while Venezuela wants the Good Officer process
