In light of the ongoing conflict between Guyana and Venezuela over the Guyanese oil-rich territory, Essequibo, the Movement for Social Justice political party, led by David Abdulah is calling for the Caribbean to remain a zone of peace.
In a media release issued on Thursday, December 7th, the MSJ made it clear that it stands by the position that the Caribbean must be a Zone of Peace- a position it says CARICOM has adopted and reiterated on many occasions – long before the conflict between Guyana and Venezuela.
The MSJ is therefore calling on everyone in the region, all the citizens of the member states of CELAC and CARICOM to demand that Venezuela and Guyana fulfil their international obligations to ensure that the Region remains peaceful.
The MSJ is deeply concerned about the increasingly noisy and belligerent positions being adopted by both countries but noted that the issue is delicate and complex. Notwithstanding this, the MSJ believes that the way forward lies in dialogue and diplomacy- not war.
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