The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejected as “cynical and fallacious” the statement issued by the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the “null and void Paris Arbitration Award of October 3, 1899, by which “It was intended to strip Venezuela of its territory in Guayana Esequiba.”
In the text, the Venezuelan government states that Guyana intends to continue lying to the world “seeking to ignore that Venezuela has incontrovertible historical titles over the territory of Guayana Esequiba.”
The text adds that the process that gave rise to the Paris Arbitration Award of 1899 is “clearly fraudulent” and explains that from the beginning it was negotiated between the United Kingdom and the United States, deceiving Venezuela, which resulted in the illegitimate appropriation of part of our territory.
The statement states that the Paris Award constitutes “one of the most scandalous attacks against a Latin American Republic in two centuries and a clear expression of territorial plunder committed by the British Empire, from which the Cooperative Republic of Guyana intends to extract territorial benefits and present itself , at the same time, as a victim.”
It reinforces that the Paris award was far surpassed in the 1966 Geneva Agreement, which the United Kingdom and the authorities of the newborn Cooperative Republic of Guyana adhered to, once the British granted it independence. It explains that “this Agreement is in force and is the regulatory framework that must be complied with in good faith by the parties, in accordance with international law.”
The statement concludes with the demand that the Cooperative Republic of Guyana “cease its threats, together with its imperial partners, against the people of Venezuela,” while urging it to comply with what was agreed in the 1966 Geneva Agreement.
