The president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, ratified this Sunday the unwavering determination of the South American country in its legitimate claim for the Esequibo territory, 53 years after the signing of the Geneva Agreement.
53 years after the signing of the Geneva Agreement, a document that recognizes our right to Esequibo Guiana, we reiterate our unwavering determination to claim the sovereignty of our territory, through diplomatic and peaceful means. The Sun of Venezuela is born in Esequibo! pic.twitter.com/UZf4j9Kefb
– Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) February 17, 2019
In 1966, the Geneva Agreement was signed, in which the governments of Venezuela, Great Britain and the British Guiana colony recognize the existence of a controversy over sovereignty in the Esequibo territory and establish procedures for finding a solution by peaceful means.
This Treaty, which constitutes the legal basis for the dispute, provides that “no act or activity carried out while this agreement is in force shall constitute a basis for asserting, supporting or denying a claim to territorial sovereignty in the territories of Venezuela or British Guyana, or for creating a right of sovereignty in such territories, except in so far as such acts or activities are the result of any agreement reached by the joint commission and accepted in writing by the Government of Venezuela and the Government of Guyana”.
In recent years, the Venezuelan Executive has stood firm not only in defence of the Esequibo territory but also in the practical, peaceful and satisfactory settlement of the dispute, in accordance with the Geneva Agreement.
