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Guyana’s authorities stated on Saturday that it has satellite tv for pc imagery proof supplied by allied Western nations, indicating Venezuelan military exercise near the South American nation’s eastern border with Guyana.

According to officers, the Venezuelan authorities led by President Nicolás Maduro is allegedly violating a peace settlement signed in December, aimed toward decreasing tensions over border demarcation traces in the Caribbean.

Foreign Minister Hugh Todd and Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud said that Guyana is intently monitoring the scenario alongside the river border.

The two sides have feuded over borderlines for many years. Venezuela has been laying declare to the mineral-rich Essequibo area, which covers about two-thirds of Guyana’s floor space.

They condemned Venezuela for not abiding with the Argyle Agreement signed on the island of St. Vincent in December, through which the two nations agreed to not use drive or to threaten one another. The talks had been brokered by Brazil and Caribbean governments.

“We are not surprised at the bad faith of Venezuela. We are disappointed, not surprised. Guyana has a history of entering bilateral discussions in good faith. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same thing about our neighbour to the west,” Persaud instructed The Associated Press.

The Venezuelan authorities didn’t have any rapid response to the allegations.

Todd stated he had raised the concern with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil at a joint fee assembly in Brazil final month noting that “there is some amount of inconsistencies based on what they are doing on the international front in terms of diplomacy and what they are doing back home in terms of their military posture.”

Guyana’s response to the newest developments got here hours after satellite tv for pc photos posted by the US Center for Strategic and International Studies confirmed Venezuela is extending its base on Ankoko Island, half of which Venezuela seized from Guyana in the mid-1960s, and close by Punta Barima, lower than 50 miles from the Guyana border.

The photos confirmed vital infrastructure enchancment of roads and different amenities near the two areas, the CSIS stated. Foreign Secretary Persaud famous that “Guyana will continue to respect the Argyle Declaration and hopes that Venezuela will do the same.”

The two sides have feuded over borderlines for many years.

Guyana argues that an 1899 worldwide boundary fee had settled the border demarcation as soon as and for all.

But for greater than 60 years Venezuela has accused the fee of dishonest it out of the Essequibo area.

Guyana has taken the concern to the World Court in the Netherlands for a definitive ruling, whereas Venezuela has stated it prefers direct bilateral talks as the means ahead.

On Friday, the Venezuelan protection ministry accused Guyana of threatening the St. Vincent settlement by irresponsible actions and media deception, sustaining that the “Essequibo is ours.”

It additionally stated that US oil big ExxonMobil, which is producing 645,000 barrels of offshore oil day by day from Guyana, is collaborating with the authorities and the US military to use oil and fuel sources in waters claimed by Venezuela.

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali is anticipated to fulfill Maduro for a second summit in March on the border concern.

Several prime American administration and military officers have visited Guyana in current weeks as a present of assist.

And the U.S. additionally equipped military overflights monitoring Venezuelan troop and different actions at the peak of tensions in December, in the days main as much as a Dec. three referendum in Venezuela that had licensed the annexation of the Essequibo.

With inputs from AP.