{"id":14739,"date":"2023-12-26T17:10:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T17:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14739"},"modified":"2023-12-26T17:10:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T17:10:54","slug":"caricom-sets-clear-agenda-for-guyana-venezuela-meeting-ppp-response-to-opposition-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/caricom-sets-clear-agenda-for-guyana-venezuela-meeting-ppp-response-to-opposition-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"CARICOM Sets Clear Agenda for Guyana-Venezuela Meeting: PPP Response to Opposition Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Ahead of President Irfaan Ali&#8217;s meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the General Secretary of the PPP, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, asserts that a clear agenda was established by CARICOM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This statement comes in response to claims from the opposition that the government did not provide sufficient details about the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo refers to the CARICOM heads of government meeting on December 8, emphasizing that the agenda was outlined in a subsequent press statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He challenges the opposition&#8217;s assertion and highlights the importance of ensuring that Guyana&#8217;s positions are not compromised during such meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton had suggested that President Ali should have insisted on Venezuela taking measures to de-escalate the situation before agreeing to the meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo counters this argument, stating that maintaining the integrity of Guyana&#8217;s positions is crucial when engaging in diplomatic discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo notes that Norton was formally invited to accompany the President to the meeting but declined the invitation for unspecified reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exchange between the government and the opposition underscores the importance of transparency and strategic positioning in diplomatic engagements, especially when addressing geopolitical challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of President Irfaan Ali&#8217;s meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the General Secretary of the PPP, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, asserts that a clear&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14739","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=14739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14741,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14739\/revisions\/14741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}