In addition to already dispatching formal correspondence that it objects to the spurious claims of Essequibo and to a referendum announced, the Government of Guyana on Saturday summoned Venezuela’s Ambassador to Guyana Carlos Amador Pérez Silva to a meeting and voiced its position that the decision contradicts the Geneva Agreement.
“The Acting Foreign Minister met with the Ambassador of Venezuela yesterday to raise our concerns about his country’s announced referendum. They also apprised, highly, the ICJ process where we are at right now and that is consistent with the 1966 Geneva Agreement and that is what Guyana is committed to,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd told Stabroek News when contacted.
“The process is linked to the Geneva Agreement which we are conforming to and we are encouraging Venezuela to participate,” he added.