On the 57th anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Agreement, the Venezuelan Government ratified its full validity as a legal framework for the practical and satisfactory solution of the territorial dispute of Guayana Esequiba.
Through a statement published by Foreign Minister Yván Gilthe country ratified the validity of the Agreement signed on February 17, 1966.
“57 years after the Geneva Agreement, we continue to demonstrate to the world that #Venezuela is committed to defending its sovereignty and safeguarding its historical rights over Guayana Esequiba, with the vision set on the rebirth of the Homeland,” he published about the Chancellor on his Twitter account.
“After 57 years of its validity, Venezuela has demonstrated its unwavering conviction for peace, legality and unrestricted respect for the principles of Public International Law, as the only bulwarks to advance along the safe path that will resolve this controversy and will safeguard its inalienable sovereign rights over the Essequibo,” the statement said.
In the same way, Venezuela manifests in the document its firm decision to continue advancing through the Bolivarian Diplomacy of Peace, in defense of its inalienable and legitimate rights.
Communiqué on the Geneva Agreement
Below, we reproduce the full text of the statement:
“The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, within the framework of the commemoration of the 57% Anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Agreement on February 17, 1966, ratifies its full validity as a legal framework given between the parties for a practical and satisfactory solution. of the territorial controversy of Guayana Esequiba.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, an inalienable defender of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, has insisted on denouncing the unfair and spurious conduct of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the occasion of the arbitration fraud in Paris in 1899, which facilitated the dispossession of a huge space of the terrestrial territory known as Guayana Esequiba.
The Geneva Agreement of 1966 is an international treaty signed by Venezuela, the United Kingdom and British Guyana close to becoming independent, validly deposited in the United Nations, which establishes the terms of faithful compliance to resolve the fraudulent dispossession carried out by the imperial powers. against our homeland.
After 57 years of its validity, Venezuela has demonstrated its unwavering conviction for peace, legality and unrestricted respect for the principles of Public International Law, as the only bulwarks to advance along the safe path that will resolve this controversy and safeguard its inalienable sovereign rights. on the Essequibo.
The National Government expresses its firm decision to continue traveling, together with our people, along the paths of the Bolivarian Diplomacy of Peace, in defense of our inalienable and legitimate rights, conquered more than 200 years ago, through the independence struggle.” .