The Government of Guyana will be formally writing to the Venezuelan Government and the United Nations about the “illegal, aggressive and hostile act” perpetrated yesterday by the Venezuelan Navy which intercepted a research vessel subcontracted by ExxonMobil to work in Guyana’s territory.
In a statement to the Nation last evening, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge explained that the oil giant had informed government that at 10:30 am yesterday the Ramform Tethys was intercepted while operating in the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf of Guyana.
“The vessel flagged by the Commonwealth of Bahamas has 70 crew members including the Captain and was intercepted at approximately 140 km from the nearest point on the provisional equidistant line with Venezuela,” Greenidge explained.
