{"id":14242,"date":"2023-11-24T21:06:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14242"},"modified":"2023-11-24T21:06:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:06:49","slug":"caricom-leaders-reaffirm-support-for-guyana-amid-venezuela-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/caricom-leaders-reaffirm-support-for-guyana-amid-venezuela-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"CARICOM Leaders Reaffirm Support for Guyana Amid Venezuela Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Barbados&#8217; Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, have reiterated their support for Guyana&#8217;s territorial sovereignty in the ongoing border dispute with Venezuela. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The leaders aimed to reassure and strengthen ties within the CARICOM community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent statement, Prime Minister Mottley addressed the criticism surrounding her comment that &#8220;Venezuela is a friend,&#8221; clarifying that her intention was to promote peace in the region rather than division. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kristin-Caricom-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She emphasized the importance of maintaining low tensions amid the border dispute and expressed support for Guyana&#8217;s position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kristin-Caricom-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Gonsalves affirmed CARICOM&#8217;s longstanding defense of Guyana&#8217;s territorial integrity, highlighting the regional body&#8217;s consistent stance on the matter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kristin-Caricom-3.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that historical lessons should guide decisions, and CARICOM has consistently stood in defense of Guyana against any threats to its sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CARICOM, in its recent statement on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, declared the proposed referendum by Venezuela in December as having no validity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regional body emphasized that international law strictly prohibits any unilateral actions by one state to seize, annex, or incorporate the territory of another state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As tensions persist in the region, CARICOM leaders aim to reinforce unity and solidarity among member states, emphasizing the importance of respecting international law and upholding the principles of territorial integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbados&#8217; Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, have reiterated their support for Guyana&#8217;s territorial sovereignty in the ongoing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-transformation","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14242","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=14242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14247,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14242\/revisions\/14247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}