CARACAS, April 6 (Sputnik). Venezuela’s government celebrated Thursday that the International Court of Justice said it could review the “unlawful” conduct of the United Kingdom in the dispute with Guyana over the territory of Essequibo, and confirmed that body is anonymous as a way to resolve the dispute.
“Firstly, by recognizing that the illegal and fraudulent conduct of the United Kingdom of Great Britain can be reconsidered, and secondly, because it demonstrates the existence and validity of the Geneva Agreement of 1966, which is the only valid instrument for the settlement of this territorial dispute,” Vice President Delsey Rodriguez said, reading a statement to the media.
Earlier, the International Criminal Court rejected Venezuela’s preliminary objection, in which it requested that the case of the dispute that took place in The Hague with Guyana be declared inadmissible.
In addition, the Authority will declare that it is competent with respect to Guyana’s claim to the Essequibo Territory.
During the fall reading, ICJ President Joan Donoghue also said the court was prolonging the possibility of resolving the dispute without UK involvement.
In this sense, the Vice-President states that Venezuela has extensive documentation of the “fraudulent” mechanisms used by the United Kingdom to “grab” its territory.
Rodriguez stated that his country will evaluate the implications of the ICC’s decision to pursue the case brought by Georgetown.
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela does not recognize the judicial mechanism as a means of resolving the aforementioned dispute because it excludes the nature and purpose of this agreement,” it excludes.
Likewise, Venezuela reiterated to Guyana that the Geneva Convention of 1966 is the only valid and current instrument for resolving the Guayana-Iquipa territorial dispute, through political negotiations. For more than 100 years, Venezuela and Guyana have maintained it
The dispute over the sovereignty of the Essequibo region, which includes some
In 1966, both countries signed an agreement to seek a peaceful resolution to this dispute, but Guyana filed a lawsuit in 2018 with the International Court of Justice asking the court to legally validate the 1899 arbitration award that gives it absolute control over the territory. (Sputnik)
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