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GUYANA
The Government of Guyana was informed that at approximately
16:00 hrs on Thursday 10th October, 2013 a Venezuelan armed naval vessel, the
“Yekuana”, was trailing the seismic vessel, the RV Teknik Perdana which is
under contract with Anadarko. The naval vessel obstructed the research vessel's
passage, requested them to change course and stop surveying. As
is known, Anadarko has a petroleum prospecting licence to search for
hydrocarbons in the Roraima block offshore Guyana.
The crew of
the RV Teknik Perdana explained to the crew of the Venezuelan vessel that they
were conducting a multi-beam survey of the seafloor in Guyana’s exclusive
economic zone. The Venezuelan crew insisted that the vessel was doing such work
in Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone and instructed that the vessel switch
off its engines and shut down its seismic equipment.
At about
17:45 hrs the Venezuelan naval vessel ordered the RV Teknik Perdana, which was
then located at 10 21.0745 N, 57 31.1057W to travel at 5 knots in a westerly
direction. At
approximately 20:30 hrs, the crew of the RV Teknik Perdana was instructed to
increase speed to 7 knots and was given directions to sail to the island of
Margarita in Venezuela. It was then clear that the vessel and its crew were not
only being escorted out of Guyana’s waters, but were under arrest. These
actions by the Venezuelan naval vessel are unprecedented in Guyana Venezuela
relations.
One point is
clear and that is that the RV Teknik Perdana was in Guyana’s waters when this
incident took place.
The Government of Guyana has expressed to the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela its grave concern about the incident involving the RV Teknik Perdana and has requested the immediate release of the vessel and its crew. Guyana intends to employ all peaceful means to facilitate a prompt return to the status quo ante since neither the Venezuelan naval vessel, the agents of Venezuela, its Government nor any other State has the authority to exercise any action in Guyana’s territorial waters, its continental shelf or its exclusive economic zone without its express consent.
The Government of Guyana has expressed to the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela its grave concern about the incident involving the RV Teknik Perdana and has requested the immediate release of the vessel and its crew. Guyana intends to employ all peaceful means to facilitate a prompt return to the status quo ante since neither the Venezuelan naval vessel, the agents of Venezuela, its Government nor any other State has the authority to exercise any action in Guyana’s territorial waters, its continental shelf or its exclusive economic zone without its express consent.
The
Government of Guyana is of the firm belief that the actions taken by the
Venezuelan navy vessel constitute a serious threat to the peace of this
sub-region and the Government of Guyana therefore strongly condemns these
actions.
Guyana
believes in the peaceful resolution of disagreements amongst States. It is for that reason that Guyana
maintains that since the RV Teknik Perdana was merely collecting seismic data,
and it will be some time before actual exploration for hydrocarbons could take
place, there was and is ample time for Guyana and Venezuela to discuss any
differences of view that may exist in relation to the provisional maritime
boundary between the two States. Guyana however maintains that the application
of the principles of international maritime delimitation will vindicate its
position that the RV Teknik Perdana was well within its maritime boundary when
it was illegally evicted by the Venezuelan naval vessel. Indeed so is the
Roraima concession block.
The
Government of Guyana is committed to working with the Venezuelan Government to
find a diplomatic solution to this problem which has arisen.
October 11,
2013
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
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
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