Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd (right), earlier yesterday summoned the Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana, Luis Edgardo Diaz Monclus to hand over a protest note and register Guyana’s condemnation of the recent violation of its sovereignty.
A release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Todd informed the Ambassador that on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at approximately 1.20 pm., two Venezuelan Sukhoi SU 30 fighter jets, flew over the Region Seven community of Eteringbang and the airstrip at a very low altitude. The fighter jets then circled the location once before proceeding in an easterly direction.
The Minister voiced the Government’s concerns on the act of aggression and stated that such an action was a clear violation of Guyana’s territorial space as well as International law and convention. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs photo)