The Bolivarian nation is not bound by the decisions of the International Court of Justice.

On Friday, Venezuela rejected the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the requirement that the Bolivarian Nation not hold an electoral process for the selection of authorities in the Guayana Esequiba State.

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This ruling was released on Thursday by the ICJ, an institution whose jurisdiction is not recognized by Venezuela. The following is the full statement from the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry:

“The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically rejects the statement issued on May 1, 2025 by the International Court of Justice regarding the abusive and interventionist provisional measures requested by the Cooperative Republic of Guyana against the Venezuelan electoral process for the selection of the authorities in the state of Guayana Esequiba.

Venezuela reaffirms that, faithful to its historical position, it does not and will never recognize the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, nor will it comply with any decision issued by it to settle the territorial dispute over the Guayana Esequiba, in a process that has been rigged from the outset and manipulated by anti-Venezuelan corporate interests that have nothing to do with justice.

This territorial dispute is governed by the 1966 Geneva Agreement, a legally binding instrument that established the obligation of the parties to settle the territorial dispute through a practical and mutually acceptable arrangement.

Furthermore, nothing in international law allows the International Court of Justice to interfere in matters that are exclusively within the domestic jurisdiction of Venezuela, nor to attempt to prohibit a sovereign act organized within the framework of its participatory political system and based on its Constitution and national legislation.

The Guayana Esequiba is an inalienable part of the Venezuelan territory and a legacy of our liberators. Its defense is a historical, constitutional, and moral mandate that unites the entire Bolivarian Homeland. No international pressure, judicial blackmail, or foreign tribunal will make us back down from this conviction.

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela once again demands that the Government of Guyana stop delaying direct negotiations and strictly comply with the Geneva Agreement, as the sole valid path to a definitive, peaceful, and satisfactory settlement for both parties regarding the territory of the Guayana Esequiba. The soul of Venezuela is expressed in the irrevocable decision to defend our sacred territory of the Guayana Esequiba.

The Venezuelan sun rises over the Essequibo.”

teleSUR/ JF

Source: FM

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