After the announcement of the oil company ExxonMobil Regarding his business dealings in Guyana, the Minister of Defence, Vladimir Padrino LopezResponding to the company president’s statements, Alastair RoutledgeHaving said that They will receive a “strong response”.
“In marine space that right belongs to Venezuela They will get a proportional, forceful and law abiding response!“, the minister said in his account of “X”.
If ExxonMobil has a private security company represented by the Southern Command and a small branch in the government of Guyana, good for them, but in maritime space that rightfully belongs to Venezuela! They will get a proportionate, strong and loyal response… https://t.co/FjJzqFOR1K
— Vladimir Padrino L. (@vladimirpadrino) February 7, 2024
For his part, the Executive Vice President, Delsey Rodriguez, Described as a “threat”. Words from Routledge.
The head of the company’s Guyanese subsidiary assured They plan to drill two wells west of the Liza and Pyra areasDespite regional tensions with the Creole government.
Given this, the Vice President said that transnational “Surrogates the Sovereignty of Guyana”Further that “it intends to protect its illegal operations in the seas remaining to be delimited, Under the warmongering mantle of the US in partnership with Guyana“
Venezuela denies threatening statements by Exxon Mobil CEO Alistair Routledge. This energy transnational not only assumes the sovereignty of Guyana, it controls the top officials of that country, it encourages the illegal passage of the International Court of Justice… pic.twitter.com/eZ0mHLFm3j
— Delcy Rodriguez (@delcyrodriguezv) February 7, 2024
“This clearly violates the Argyle Accords and international law. Venezuela will not rest in its defense of Essequibo and will assert its rights in all circumstances that arise,” Rodriguez declared.
The Argyle Accord was signed last December During the conversation between the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduroand its Guyanese equivalent, Irfan Ali.
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