Venezuela rejects Guyana’s “offensive statements” regarding Essequibo consultative referendum

The Venezuelan government refused this Tuesday “Notorious and abusive” Statements of his counterpart from the Cooperative Republic of Guyana regarding the consultative referendum scheduled to be held on December 3.

In this sense, through A launch Issued by the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, specifying that what Guyana expressed was misleading “Out of deep contempt towards the Venezuelan peopleIts Bolivarian history and its right to express one’s opinion in a democratic manner on matters of special national importance.

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“Once again, Guyana’s statements are being formulated before A law firm working for ExxonMobil“A company that has corrupted the Latin American and Caribbean values ​​of this nation and bought off the Guyanese political class, dragging them into irregular actions, contrary to public international law, with the aim of seizing energy resources that do not belong to them and trying to threaten the peace and stability of Venezuela.”

He stressed that Guyana President Irfaan Ali’s insistence on rejecting diplomatic dialogue “portends a dangerous escalation of a large-scale conflict.” Promoted by United States Southern Command.

Below is the full statement:

The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically rejects the disgraceful and offensive statements of the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana regarding the consultative referendum scheduled for December 3, 2023, which are filled with profound contempt for the Venezuelan people and their Bolivarian history. The right to express his opinion in a democratic manner on matters of special national importance.

Guyana’s statements are being drafted, once again, by the law firm employed by ExxonMobil, a company that has subverted the Latin American and Caribbean values ​​of this nation and bought off the Guyanese political class, dragging them into irregular actions, contrary to public international law, with the aim of seizing Energy resources that do not belong to them and trying to threaten peace and stability in Venezuela.

In contrast to this disastrous anti-sovereignty practice, the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has decided, in the full exercise of its powers, to consult with the people of Venezuela, the main lines of legal, diplomatic and political action, in order to enforce legitimate rights on the territory of Guiana Esquipa.

The insistence of Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali, on rejecting diplomatic dialogue threatens a dangerous escalation of a large-scale conflict, promoted by the United States Southern Command.

Venezuela insists, in accordance with international law and the principles set forth in the Geneva Agreement of 1966, to urge the Government of Guyana to desist from its unilateral and subservient actions against transnational capital, and to conduct serious direct negotiations that will allow for practical and mutually acceptable negotiations between the parties. , which resolves the territorial dispute, as agreed with the United Kingdom of Great Britain, before Guyana’s birth as an independent nation.

The Venezuelan sun was born in Essequibo.

Caracas, October 24, 2023.

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