Defence

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro  held his first face-to-face talks with President Irfaan Ali on the Caribbean island of St Vincent on Thursday, saying that they would continue talks to end the controversy over the 1899 Arbitral Tribunal Award that settled the land boundary between the two South American nations. “Venezuela and Guyana express their willingness to continue with the dialogue, ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday  indicated that Guyana would not engage in any activities within its territory without enjoying its right to grant approval, even as he maintained that his country reserved the right to defend itself against any aggression by Venezuela. “I made it very clear that Guyana has all the right to exercise its sovereign right within its ...

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali, in a meeting with several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders in St Vincent and the Grenadines on Monday ruled out any “discussion, negotiation or deliberation” with Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro later in the day. Accompanied by Attorney General Anil Nandlall, Foreign Minister Hugh Todd, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador ...

Corrected to mean Venezuelan troops on their side of the border (not Guyana as was previously reported) in paragraph 5, line 3. Demerara Waves regret the error The President of Brazil, Luis Inacio ‘Lula’ Da Silva will skip Thursday’s meeting in St Vincent between President Irfaan Ali and the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro aimed at easing border-related tensions between ...

Even as Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Monday confirmed that he would meet with President Irfaan Ali in St. Vincent on Thursday, Guyana’s co-agent to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Sir Shridath Ramphal called on Guyanese to support their leader’s participation in that dialogue. “I welcome direct dialogue, face to face, it has always been my proposal, because I ...

The United States Army and the Florida National Guard have assessed the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) military communications network, the American Embassy here said. That assessement was conducted from December 5 to 7, according to the US Embassy, as part of the United States’ and Guyana’s continuing military-to-military partnership. The US said the engagement which also included interagency personnel met ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday said he would be confining his discussions this week with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to the need peace and respect for international law. “I don’t want to preempt what we will do or preempt what will be the outcome of the discussion but we have made it very clear…and we are hoping that good sense ...

The parliamentary opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Saturday said it welcomed the decision by President Irfaan Ali and the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro to meet next week in St Vincent, but said the border controversy over Guyana’s Essequibo County must not be the subject of those talks. “The opposition believes that there ...

President Irfaan Ali and the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro are to meet in St Vincent next week Thursday, amid escalating tensions between the two countries, but the Guyanese leader on Saturday insisted that the border dispute over the Essequibo Region is a non-negotiable. Brazil’s President, Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva is expected to participate in that meeting scheduled for ...

The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Bell 412Epi helicopter, in which five servicemen died on Wednesday’s crash, was equipped to alert the pilot about obstructions ahead so that he could have taken evasive action but only the aircraft’s black box can provide clues, Air Corps Commander Lieutenant Colonel Mohinder Ramjag said Saturday. “Yes, there are devices- Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS) ...