The president of , assured this Monday that his Government has a plan with which it foresees “make tangible”the annexation of a territory of almost 160,000 square kilometers in dispute with which controls this area and exploits its riches.

During his annual message, offered before the National Assembly (AN, Parliament), thanked the deputies for having unanimously called the unilateral referendum held in Venezuela on December 3, when almost all those who voted approved the annexation of the area under dispute.

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We have a popular mandate, a special and safe plan to make tangible throughout the national territory, make tangible and certain, the slogan that is in the hearts of our children, that the sun of Venezuela is born in the Essequibo“said the president.

He also recalled that in December he ordered military exercises in regions bathed by the Caribbean Sea upon arrival at Guyana of a British warship, which Caracas interpreted as a hostile act in the midst of the controversy.

The mission was accomplished and we expelled the ship“, he pointed out, although Georgetown He explained that it was a regular visit that served its time and purpose.

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After the referendum, Maduro ordered a military deployment near Essequibo and assured that Venezuela will create a state over the disputed area, which triggered tension in the region.

However, in mid-December, Maduro met in St. Vincent and the Grenadines with the Guyanese president, Irfaan Aliand both agreed to avoid incidents to lower the tension in this lawsuit, which – despite Caracas’ rejection – is in the hands of the international Court of Justice (ICJ).

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