Guyana proposes agenda for Argyle Joint Commission

Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira (centre) with Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil (right) and Guyana’s Foreign Minister Hugh Todd

Yesterday, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Guyana and Venezuela held their first meeting of the Joint Commission under the Argyle Declaration in Brasilia, Brazil and Georgetown has proposed an agenda.

A release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that this meeting was in line with the Joint Declaration of Argyle for Dialogue and Peace that was agreed upon after the meeting of the Presidents of Guyana and Venezuela on December 14, 2023.

According to Paragraph 7 of the Declaration, the two states agreed to immediately establish a joint commission comprising of the Foreign Ministers and technical persons from both countries. The commission was to address matters that were mutually agreed upon, and an update was to be submitted to the Presidents of Guyana and Venezuela within three months.