Executive Vice-President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, insisted on Saturday that Guyana has only the option to negotiate under the 1996 Geneva Agreement and reiterated the Venezuela’s decision to not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in this case.

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“Guyana has no choice but to negotiate under the Geneva Agreement, instead of seeking out warmongers who threaten peace in the region,” said Rodríguez in a message published on his official channel Telegram.

The VP insisted that Venezuelans will elect a governor and regional deputies to the National Assembly (unicameral parliament) for that area on May 25, according to the rules dictated by the Constitution and Venezuelan laws.

Rodriguez recalled “the Guyana’s continuism of the historical dispossession of their colonial masters over Venezuelan territory” and Venezuela will maintain its consistent historical position of not recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice to settle the territorial dispute over Guayana Esequiba.

In addition, Rodriguez said that “no process rigged by the lobbying of Exxon Mobil at the UN will force Venezuela to comply with illegitimate decisions,” referring to the constant acts of interference carried out by these international agencies.

Hours ago, through a statement, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry emphasized that Caracas “does not recognize nor will it ever recognize the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, nor will it abide by any decision emanating from it to resolve the territorial dispute over Guyana Esequiba.”

Previously, in an interventionist act outside of its competence, the ICJ “ordered” Venezuela to refrain from holding or preparing elections in the Essequibo, which is in dispute with Guyana, this in relation to the regional elections planned in Guyana Esequiba for May 25.

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