Ralph Gonsalves gives the results of meeting over the Essequibo

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The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves, offers statements on the results of the negotiations between the Presidents of Guyana and Venezuela on the Essequibo. teleSUR Visit our website: https://www.telesurenglish.net/ Watch our videos: https://videos.telesurenglish.net/en Join #teleSURCommunity: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj3ioYabXQQ6K

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00:00 [ Foreign Language ]

00:10 >> Okay. There you can see Prime Minister of St. Vincent

00:17 and the Grenadines is right now addressing the audience

00:26 on this event.

00:31 So these statements are about to inform the world

00:48 about the agreements reached on the Ezequiel dispute.

00:54 Right now we are going to hear the statements

00:59 of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves to know

01:05 about the outcomes of this encounter.

01:08 There have been given satisfactory results

01:15 for the region and for the SELAC,

01:22 and we are going to see it is an encounter

01:27 that supports the peaceful democracy.

01:35 And so President Nicolás Maduro has complied with the--

01:44 has complied with Gonsalves' letter, an open invitation

01:58 to participate in this encounter.

02:02 A high dialogue-- a high-level dialogue

02:08 which have provided positive results for all countries--

02:17 for all regional countries.

02:19 Ralph Gonsalves, the President Protemporary of SELAC

02:28 and Prime Minister of St. Vincent

02:31 and Grenadines is giving statements

02:36 about the important and noteworthy results

02:39 to guarantee the peace in the region,

02:41 to guarantee the peace in Latin America and the Caribbean.

02:46 It is a need of all countries, and it

02:49 is part of what is being constituted in the policies

03:02 of these communities.

03:04 And so-- and then we will be hearing the statements

03:19 of President Nicolás Maduro.

03:22 In this meeting, there have been participating

03:33 other countries as observers, such as Roosevelt

03:42 is carried, Prime Minister of Dominica.

03:47 And later on, we could have observed another encounter

03:57 in which President of Guyana and President

04:05 of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

04:09 gave the steps forward to ensure their talks in peace

04:20 to guarantee and to sort out the Ezequiel dispute.

04:30 So we already know the Bolivarian diplomacy

04:37 of peace, which have reached important results of peace

04:43 in this region.

04:44 A historical problem, a situation

04:47 that could escalate tensions in the region,

04:53 but it's not the case.

04:55 It has not been the case because it

04:57 is a situation that has been working on the grounds

05:05 by the support of sister nations.

05:09 And all these final statements has this nature.

05:18 So those statements are being given

05:29 by the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines.

05:36 And most of these events to guarantee

05:49 to diffuse the differences between these two states.

05:55 So President Nicolás Maduro attended this meeting

06:01 to have the chance and the opportunity

06:06 to give his opinion, Venezuelan opinion,

06:17 and Venezuelan diplomacy on these disputes.

06:26 So the consultative referendum on December 3rd

06:44 has a binding nature as all Venezuelans,

06:51 all citizens of Venezuela cast their vote

06:57 to give their opinion on this Ezequiel dispute

07:07 in compliance with the articles of the Venezuelan Constitution

07:15 71, 70, and 5.

07:19 So we will continue observing the statements of Ralph

07:25 Gonsalves, who was addressing the national and international

07:32 media.

07:43 So both presidents, Nicolás Maduro and Ali,

07:50 shaked hands and attempted and pulled talks in a peaceful way,

08:01 in a respectful way.

08:04 And that's the way they should address this conflict

08:15 to be able to conduct, to pursue an activation

08:26 of diplomatic resources to sort out this dispute.

08:33 On December 14, 2023, in St. Vincent and Grenadines,

08:45 President of Guyana and President of Venezuela

08:56 have been holding talks on the Ezequiel dispute.

09:03 These debates have been facilitated

09:06 by the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines

09:11 and President Pro Tempore, Ralph Gonsalves,

09:16 and Prime Minister of Dominica and head of CARICOM,

09:23 Roussevel Scarritt, alongside Celso Amorim,

09:33 consular and personal envoy of President Lula da Silva,

09:43 acted as main interlocutors.

09:48 And there were present leaders of the Caribbean,

09:56 Prime Minister of Bahamas, Prime Minister of Barbados,

10:02 Prime Minister of Grenadines, Prime Minister of St. Lucia,

10:11 Prime Minister of St. Kitsanevis,

10:16 and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

10:22 And UN representatives were present

10:34 and Secretary General of the Department

10:44 of Policy Affairs and of Peace of the United Nations,

10:50 and Alvaro Leyva-Duran participated as well,

10:57 representing Colombia.

11:00 And Deputy Minister of Honduras.

11:09 All sides attending the encounter of St. Vincent

11:14 and Grenadines reiterated their commitment

11:18 to Latin America and the Caribbean

11:24 continue being the zone of peace.

11:27 They agreed on Guyana and Venezuela

11:32 wouldn't attack each other in any contest.

11:40 And the second one, they just agreed

11:44 that any controversy between both states

11:48 will be sorted out within the international rights,

11:53 including the Geneva Agreement of 1966.

11:59 They are committed in the search of a good neighbor

12:06 and peaceful coexistence in Latin America and the Caribbean.

12:12 They take notes that Guyana is being committed

12:21 with the International Court of Justice of this dispute.

12:30 And they took notes that Venezuela

12:38 doesn't recognize the International

12:42 Court of Justice.

12:45 And sixth, they agree that both states will abstain

12:52 in a word or fact of escalate any tensions between them.

13:00 Both states will cooperate to avoid incidents on the ground

13:07 that will lead to tensions between them.

13:10 In case an incident of this kind would occur,

13:17 both states will communicate between each other.

13:22 Or the Caricom and Celac and president of Brazil

13:29 will participate to avoid these such incidents to control it.

13:40 And so they will be dealing with these issues.

13:46 And there will be an update in a third month term.

13:54 Both states agreed that Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves,

14:01 President Pro Tempore of Celac, and Roosevelt

14:05 carried head of Caricom, and President Luiz Inacio Lula

14:11 da Silva of Brazil will continue as interlocutors in this issue.

14:19 And UN Secretary General as observer, to avoid any doubts,

14:29 the role of Prime Minister Gonsalves

14:32 will continue after St. Vincent and Grenadines will leave

14:43 the presidency of Pro Tempore.

14:45 Because it will continue as a member of Caricom.

15:00 And to consider any issue regarding this dispute,

15:09 I will tell you, we expressed our gratitude

15:14 to Prime Ministers Gonsalves and Skerrits, President Lula

15:21 and Celso Mourinho, and all Prime Ministers of Caricom

15:26 present here, to all Caricom's officials, to Celac,

15:32 and to the head of Celac, and to Mr. Douglas,

15:42 for their respective roles in this meeting.

15:46 We expressed our gratitude to the people of St. Vincent

15:51 and Grenadines and to the government

15:53 for their hospitality in this meeting,

15:57 dated on December 14, 2023.

16:02 Ladies and gentlemen, thanks.

16:05 Have a good evening.

16:07 [SPEAKING SPANISH]

16:08 So these were the statements.

16:19 There were 11 points.

16:22 Um...

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