{"id":13793,"date":"2023-11-09T16:08:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13793"},"modified":"2023-11-09T16:08:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:08:41","slug":"european-union-offers-strong-support-for-guyana-in-border-controversy-with-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/european-union-offers-strong-support-for-guyana-in-border-controversy-with-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"European Union Offers Strong Support for Guyana in Border Controversy with Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The European Union (EU) has reiterated its steadfast endorsement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) process to resolve the longstanding border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a recent press conference, EU Ambassador to Guyana, Ren\u00e9 van Nes, urged all parties involved to refrain from any actions that could potentially escalate the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador van Nes emphasized the sensitivity of the Guyana-Venezuela border issue, highlighting the importance of handling it with care and in accordance with international law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He affirmed that this stance is widely supported by various international partners, emphasizing the need for both parties to avoid unilateral actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU envoy abstained from offering commentary on the upcoming December 3 Venezuela referendum, which seeks public approval for the potential annexation of Guyana&#8217;s Essequibo region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For an extended period, the EU has advocated for a swift and peaceful resolution to the escalating tensions between Guyana and Venezuela, urging the maintenance of peace and stability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s objective is to secure a definitive and binding verdict affirming the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award, which delineated the territorial boundary between the then-British Guiana and Venezuela. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This award underscores that the Essequibo region rightfully belongs to Guyana, not Venezuela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union (EU) has reiterated its steadfast endorsement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) process to resolve the longstanding border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela. At a recent&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13795,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13793\/revisions\/13795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}