CARACAS: Venezuela confirmed once more its commitment to dialogue with its neighbor. The Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denounced the interference of the U.K. High Commissioner in Guyana in the disagreement between Venezuela and Guyana.
In a statement released Venezuela said that these matters are “exclusively” between the “two sovereign countries.”. “Constant in its colonialist legacy, High Commissioner Quinn offended Venezuela with his intrusive comments,” that seek “to jeopardize the fraternal relations between two neighboring countries” it continued The disagreement between Venezuela and Guyana began after transnational oil company Exxon Mobil reported that it had made a significant oil discovery in territory that has been disputed between the two South American nations for over a century.
Guyana responded by making an agreement with Exxon granting it permission to explore the region, which Venezuela considered a “provocation” and called for a dialogue between the two nations to settle the dispute, according to the 1966 agreement. Since the dispute started, however, discussion between the government of Guyana and the Venezuelan foreign ministry to reach an agreement over the territorial dispute have advanced, according to Venezuelan officials.
