Guyana seeking assurance from UN SG on Venezuela controversy deadline – President

President David Granger meeting with Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland (Ministry of the Presidency photo)  

President David Granger yesterday said that Guyana needs the assurance from UN Secretary General António Guterres that the deadline fixed for the referral of the Venezuela border controversy to the World Court will be met.

Granger was speaking with reporters yesterday during the lead up to the United Nations General Assembly in New York where he is scheduled to deliver an address.

According to a Ministry of the Presidency release yesterday, Granger met in New York with Commonwealth Secretary General, Baroness Patricia Scotland and raised the matter of the border controversy during their discussions.