President Irfaan Ali yesterday rejected claims in a letter sent by Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro to Vincentian Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves that the border controversy between the two countries is up for discussion.
“I, too, have a mandate from the National Assembly of Guyana which is unanimous in its resolve that the land boundary is not a matter for bilateral discussions and the settlement of the matter is properly in the International Court of Justice where it must remain until the Court gives its final ruling on the merits of the case which, Guyana has always said, and I repeat, will be fully respected by Guyana,” Ali’s letter to Gonsalves yesterday stated.
The President’s letter followed one sent by Maduro’s to Gonsalves on Monday, and which was posted on X, the former Twitter social media platform.