Irfaan Ali emphasized that Guyana has constantly promoted the region as a peace zone and has responded to threats with diplomacy and truthfulness, instead of hostility
The president of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, urged the leaders of the region to maintain “a mature and open dialogue” on the security matters that affect them and the growing US naval presence in the Caribbean.
Although the authorities of Guyana have supported the US military deployment to supposedly fight drug trafficking from Venezuela, and maintain a border dispute with Caracas, ALI recognized in an interview published on Wednesday that the situation requires a thorough analysis.
“What is needed is a consensus, a meeting to share intelligence and information, to better understand what is at stake for all of us,” as well as the implications of military movements, he said.
Through open dialogue, transparency and regional cooperation, the president stressed that the Caribbean nations can collectively safeguard peace and stability, while addressing new security challenges. “
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The Caribbean Community (Caricom), of which Guyana is a member, is divided before the US military deployment, with some countries supporting the same and others criticizing attacks on ships and pressures against Venezuela.
«The peace zone is not just about threats to the borders. These are also threats that we are witnessing, ”said the president in the interview, released by the Guyana Public Information Department.
Ali pointed out concerns such as drug trafficking, illegal migration and the use of international river paths for transport.
The president emphasized that Guyana has constantly promoted the region as a peace zone and has responded to threats with diplomacy and truthfulness, instead of hostility.
«Every day, the Venezuelan government attacks me personally and attacks this country. They say the worst of us. But we have never responded hostile. We responded with facts and the truth, ”he said.
Guyana maintains a long data dispute with Venezuela, which has been exacerbated in the last two years, by the border region of the Esequibo, which GEORGETOWNWN and claims Caracas.
A week ago, apart from the UN General Assembly, Ali met with the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and both highlighted “the strategic alliance” of their countries in the fight against drug trafficking in the Caribbean, within the framework of tensions with Venezuela.
With information from the EFE agency
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content is being published taking into account the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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