http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2013/10/15/detained-vessel-case-turned-over-to-venezuelan-prosecutors/
Versión en Español Traductor Google
Tomado de:
A Venezuelan
Coast Guard boat sits next to the 285-foot survey ship Teknik Perdana docked
near the shore in Margarita Island, Venezuela, Sunday (AP Photo)
Detained
vessel…Case turned over to Venezuelan Prosecutors
…36 crewmembers to be held on board as investigations continue
Five American citizens were among the crew of a
U.S.-chartered oil exploration ship seized by the Venezuelan navy in Guyana
waters on Thursday.
The
coordinates released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, depicting the location
of the vessel at the time of its seizure.
Authorities
from Venezuela escorted the vessel into port at Venezuela’s Margarita Island on
Sunday and said they would be held on board along with the other crewmembers
while an investigation continued.
Admiral Angel
Belisario Martinez has told the Venezuelan media outfit, ‘Union Radio’ that the
research ship was conducting “unauthorized scientific work” in Venezuela’s
exclusive economic zone. He said the case had been turned over to prosecutors.
Venezuela’s
Foreign Ministry had said Friday that the ship and its crew would be subject to
an “inquiry under the International Maritime Law and pursuant to the
safeguarding of our sovereignty in maritime areas.”
The 285-foot survey ship, Teknik Perdana, was detained by then Venezuelan Navy, in what Guyana maintains from a part of its coastal Exclusive Economic Zone.
The 285-foot survey ship, Teknik Perdana, was detained by then Venezuelan Navy, in what Guyana maintains from a part of its coastal Exclusive Economic Zone.
Guyana’s
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and her Venezuelan
counterparts have since agreed to meet and hold discussions on the impasse.
People’s
Progressive Party (PPP) Member of Parliament, Dr Vindhya Persaud, yesterday
announced that Minister Carolyn Rodgrigues-Birkett and her Venezuelan counterpart
will meet on Friday.
Dr. Persaud
was at the time speaking at the party’s weekly press briefing at Freedom House.
She reiterated that the PPP has always advocated for diplomatic and peaceful
alternatives to address issues of mutual concern between neighbouring states
and as such, the party supports a peaceful resolution to the current situation.
She added,
“We firmly believe that this process has been advanced over the years to a
stage where our nation enjoys cooperative and meaningful relations with our
neighbours.”
A Venezuelan
Coast Guard boat sits next to the 285-foot survey ship Teknik Perdana docked
near the shore in Margarita Island, Venezuela, Sunday (AP Photo)
Dr. Persaud
said that in the case of Venezuela, “this is evidenced in a number of bilateral
engagements and exchange visits between our two nations which redound to the
benefit of the citizens in each state. Hence, this recent development is to be regretted.
She concluded
that the PPP supports the employment of all peaceful means to resolve this
unfortunate development in the shortest possible timeframe and to ensure there
is no recurrence in the future.
The vessel,
sailing under a Panamanian flag, was conducting a seismic study for Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation under a concession from Guyana.
Texas-based
Anadarko said that it was working with the U.S. and Guyana Governments to
secure the release of the crew and the vessel.
Gregory
Adams, spokesman for the US Embassy in Caracas, is reported as telling the
Associated Press, that the embassy had not been given any official information
on the five detained US citizens.
The ship crew
includes two Britons, two Russians, a Frenchman, five Ukrainians, two
Brazilians, five Malaysians and 14 Indonesians.
The move by
the Venezuelan military has since drawn condemnation from the Government of
Guyana and the major political opposition party, A Partnership for National
Unity (APNU).
Both
Government and APNU have called the move to seize the vessel from Guyana’s
waters and detain it in Venezuela a threat to international peace.
According to
the local Foreign Affairs Ministry, “These actions by the Venezuelan naval
vessel are unprecedented in Guyana Venezuela relations.”
The Ministry
is adamant that “one point is clear and that is, that the MV Teknik Perdana was
in Guyana’s waters when this incident took place.”
Guyana had
requested the immediate release of the vessel and its crew but this is yet to
occur.
2005 La Guayana Esequiba – Zona en Reclamación. Instituto Geográfico
Simón Bolívar Primera Edición
Nota del editor del blog: Al
referenciarse a la República Cooperativa de Guyana se deben de tener en cuenta
los 159.500Km2, de territorios ubicados al oeste del río Esequibo conocidos con
el nombre de Guayana Esequiba o Zona en Reclamación sujetos al Acuerdo de
Ginebra del 17 de febrero de 1966.
Territorios estos sobre los
cuales el Gobierno Venezolano en representación de la Nación venezolana se
reservo sus derechos sobre los territorios de la Guayana Esequiba en su nota
del 26 de mayo de 1966 al reconocerse al nuevo Estado de Guyana:
“...por lo tanto, Venezuela
reconoce como territorio del nuevo Estado, el que se sitúa al este de la margen
derecha del río Esequibo y reitera ante la comunidad internacional, que se
reserva expresamente sus derechos de soberanía territorial sobre la zona que se
encuentra en la margen izquierda del precitado río; en consecuencia, el
territorio de la Guayana Esequiba sobre el cual Venezuela se reserva
expresamente sus derechos soberanos, limita al Este con el nuevo Estado de
Guyana, a través de la línea del río Esequibo, tomando éste desde su nacimiento
hasta su desembocadura en el Océano Atlántico...”
Mapa que
señala el Espacio de Soberanía Marítima Venezolana que se reserva, como Mar
Territorial mediante
el Decreto Presidencial No 1152 del 09 de Julio de 1968
Entradas
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario