{"id":14847,"date":"2024-01-02T18:05:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T18:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14847"},"modified":"2024-01-02T18:05:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T18:05:24","slug":"united-kingdom-affirms-ongoing-support-for-guyana-in-border-controversy-with-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/united-kingdom-affirms-ongoing-support-for-guyana-in-border-controversy-with-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom Affirms Ongoing Support for Guyana in Border Controversy with Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a recent interview with NCN News, the United Kingdom&#8217;s Minister for Americas and the Caribbean, David Rutley, confirmed the UK&#8217;s commitment to lobbying support for Guyana in its pursuit of a peaceful resolution to the border controversy with Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutley emphasized that the UK has actively raised the matter at the UN Security Council and is collaborating with allies and partners to garner broader international support for Guyana&#8217;s case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He disclosed that he has engaged with key figures, including Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Commonwealth Secretary-General Baroness Patricia Scotland, to secure extensive backing for Guyana&#8217;s stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Samuel-UK-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During his official visit to Guyana, Rutley held discussions with President Irfaan Ali, focusing on the border controversy and exploring avenues for enhancing the relationship between the UK and Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Samuel-UK-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussions encompassed areas such as sustainable and economic development, as well as security cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accompanying Minister Rutley were Robert Tinline, the FCDO\u2019s Americas Director, and Jane Miller, the United Kingdom\u2019s High Commissioner to Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutley&#8217;s visit reaffirms the UK&#8217;s commitment to supporting Guyana on the international stage and fostering cooperation in various critical sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview with NCN News, the United Kingdom&#8217;s Minister for Americas and the Caribbean, David Rutley, confirmed the UK&#8217;s commitment to lobbying support for Guyana in its pursuit&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14847","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=14847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14851,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14847\/revisions\/14851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}