PARLATINO rejects ExxonMobil plans to exploit oil in Essequibo waters
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Published at: 08/02/2024 06:04 PM
The Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO), Venezuela chapter, rejected the announcements of the company ExxonMobil regarding plans for oil exploration and exploitation in waters of the Esequibo territory, which violates the Argyle Agreements, signed by Guyana and Venezuela on December 15.
The president of this legislative body, Deputy Ángel Rodríguez, described as a new war action against Venezuela, the announcements made by the president of ExxonMobil, Alistair Routledge, about plans to drill two oil wells off the coast of Guyana.
In a press release from the AN, he said that “the Argyle Accords, signed in December, committed both Venezuela and Guyana to maintaining peace in the region.”
“This, apparently, is forgotten by the Guyanese authorities because they allow the transnational corporation to develop its projects in a maritime area that has not yet been delimited,” said Rodríguez.
He stressed that the ExxonMobil announcements not only destroy the above-mentioned Agreements, but also violate international legality and the documents signed in Barbados, while jeopardizing peace in the region, violating the commitment to maintaining good neighborhoods, peaceful coexistence and Latin American and Caribbean unity.
The Argyle Accords establish that Guyana and Venezuela, directly or indirectly, will not threaten or use force each other under any circumstances, including those deriving from any existing dispute between the two states; the dispute between the two nations will be resolved in accordance with international law, including the Geneva Agreement of February 17, 1966.
Rodríguez argued that in the dispute over the Essequibo, there are legal obligations for both Venezuela and Guyana; however, he added, that ExxonMobil, with the support of the government of that country and the United States, are causing an international conflict that must be rejected.
“From PARLATINO- Venezuela, we denounce that ExxonMobil, once again, seeks to subrogate the sovereignty of Guyana in a maritime area yet to be delimited, which represents a flagrant violation of the signed agreements,” he stressed.
In that regard, he requested a statement from the international community, “because we consider that these events jeopardize peace in the region.”
Mazo News Team