๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฐ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐ง๐-๐๐๐ง๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ฅa ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฒ
The Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana was convened in New York on 17 September 2023 by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, in accordance with a mandate given by the Commonwealth Heads of Government to monitor โdevelopments in respect of the existing controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.โ
The Group constituted in 1999 by the Heads of Government of the 56-Member countries, is composed of Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Canada, Guyana, Jamaica, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
At the Meeting, chaired by Hon Dr A. K. Abdul Momen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, the Group welcomed the ruling by the International Court of Justice on the admissibility of Guyanaโs case before it, seeking to settle the boundaries between Guyana and Venezuela.
Further, the Group reaffirmed its unwavering support for the judicial process underway before the International Court of Justice and reiterated its firm and steadfast support for the maintenance and preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Guyana, and the unobstructed exercise of its rights to develop the entirety of its territory for the benefit of its people.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS
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