The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela are scheduled to meet as regional partners urgently seek to defuse a long-standing territorial dispute over the Essequibo region.

The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela promised in a tense meeting Thursday that neither side would use threats or force against the other, but failed to reach agreement on how to address a bitter dispute over a vast border region rich with oil and minerals that has concerned many in the region.

Instead, a joint commission composed of the foreign ministers of both countries and other officials will address the problem, with a report expected within three months.

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro agreed to meet again in Brazil within three months or at another agreed-upon time, according to an 11-point declaration read at a press briefing late Thursday at which no questions were allowed.

  • @gmtom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•7 months ago

    I can’t wait until the US gets involved to help defend Guyana and just so happens to set up US companies to be the ones drilling the old and mining the minerals, so Guyana gets basically nothing either way.