Guyana’s envoy to Caracas still awaiting green light

Cheryl Miles

Guyana’s nominee as Ambassador to Venezuela, Cheryl Miles is still to be officially recognised by Caracas despite a UN-brokered agreement in September last year following months of border-inspired tensions between the two countries.

In the wake of the September agreement between Guyana and Venezuela under the auspices of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Miles had travelled to Caracas in the expectation of being received at the Miraflores Palace but months have elapsed without any movement.

Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge told Stabroek News on Thursday that while Miles has been accepted in Venezuela, the government there is yet to grant her agrément and there has been no word as to