Guyana yesterday continued to push back against efforts by Venezuela for direct talks over their border controversy amid an escalation from Caracas which has signalled plans for a referendum on the matter.
In a statement yesterday, Guyana said that it “rejects all that is said, implied and proposed by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in its Communique of 27 September 2023. It wishes particularly to re-iterate the Statement of its Permanent Representative to the United Nations made on 26 September 2023 – by which it stands”.
In relation to the final paragraph of its Communique in which Caracas “ratifies its willingness to participate in a high-level meeting ….to continue the negotiations provided for in that legal instrument”- presumably, the Geneva Agreement 1966 – the Government of Guyana said it is confounded.
