{"id":14704,"date":"2023-12-25T01:49:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T01:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14704"},"modified":"2023-12-25T01:49:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T01:49:47","slug":"president-ali-affirms-guyanas-position-ahead-of-meeting-with-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-affirms-guyanas-position-ahead-of-meeting-with-maduro\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Affirms Guyana&#8217;s Position Ahead of Meeting with Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali asserted Guyana&#8217;s unwavering position on the territorial controversy with Venezuela, stating that Essequibo belongs to Guyana, and the dispute will be settled at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a video statement, President Ali expressed his commitment to the position that the border controversy must be resolved through legal means at the ICJ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that there would be no wavering from this stance during the upcoming meeting with Venezuela&#8217;s President Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali highlighted that Guyana enters the talks with goodwill, emphasizing that the country is not the aggressor and is firmly grounded in its legal position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He cited the strength of conviction among the Guyanese people and the robust support from bilateral partners, regional entities, and the broader international community as reinforcing the nation&#8217;s resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to a question about the upcoming dialogue with President Maduro, President Ali emphasized that Guyana is not averse to dialogue with its neighbors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed the intention to ensure the safety and security of all Guyanese citizens and both local and international investors operating in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali&#8217;s meeting with President Maduro is scheduled for tomorrow in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyanese leader remains focused on maintaining a peaceful and stable region while upholding the country&#8217;s territorial integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Irfaan Ali asserted Guyana&#8217;s unwavering position on the territorial controversy with Venezuela, stating that Essequibo belongs to Guyana, and the dispute will be settled at the International Court of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,359],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-picks"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14704","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=14704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14706,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14704\/revisions\/14706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}