(Trinidad Express) Acting Prime Minister Stuart Young says Trinidad and Tobago is in support of Guyana’s sovereignty in the territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela.
“Trinidad and Tobago’s position is that we fully support Guyana’s sovereignty and we advocate for, and encourage the application of, and abiding by, the Argyle accord,” he told the Express yesterday via WhatsApp.
On December 14, 2023 in Argyle, St Vincent and the Grenadines Guyana, President Dr Irfaan Ali and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed The Joint Declaration of Argyle for Dialogue and Peace Between Guyana and Venezuela. But the territorial dispute heated up again over the weekend when Ali expressed alarm after a coast guard vessel from Venezuela entered the waters of Guyana on Saturday within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
At a news conference, Ali stated that a Venezuelan coast guard vessel had entered the maritime waters of Guyana, approached lawfully operating assets there and transmitted a radio message declaring that they were in “disputed international waters”, when they were within Guyana’s territory.
The area is home to a huge offshore oil deposit being developed by ExxonMobil.
