The United States yesterday declared support for the World Court ruling that it has jurisdiction to hear Guyana’s case for a juridical settlement of the long-running border controversy with Venezuela.
The US statement came amid belligerent declarations by Venezue-lan President Nicolas Maduro against the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in December last year and the issuing of a decree by Caracas purporting to annex the waters and seabed adjacent to Guyana’s coast, west of the Essequibo River.