The Venezuelan naval vessel that escorted the Guyanese fishing crews that were detained in that country turned back last week at the line demarcating the western extreme of Guyana’s exclusive economic zone, according to Colonel Julius Skeete of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).
“Interestingly enough, what we do know though is that when the vessels returned, the escort — because they were escorted by the Venezuela naval vessel — they stopped at the line that we are saying is the demarcation of our western extreme of our exclusive economic zone,” Colonel Skeete told reporters yesterday on the sidelines of the opening of the force’s annual officers’ conference.
“That for us was very interesting,” Skeete, who is Colonel General Staff responsible for operations and training, emphasised.