Venezuela and Guyana agree to hold a meeting to address the Esquipa dispute

Venezuelans expressed almost unanimous support for the referendum, which raised five questions about the claim to Guyana Esquipa. 95.93% of voters support the creation of an integrated state on Venezuelan territory,” according toGeneva Convention and international law.”

The Geneva Agreement he refers to is an agreement between Venezuela and Guyana to establish a commission to find a solution to the regional conflict that was reached in 1966. Although the border between Venezuela and Guyana British Guiana Defined by the Essequibo River, British settlers expanded beyond the river and occupied the area. To resolve the conflict, in 1899 Venezuela and Counting unit They agreed that the court would solve the problem in accordance with international law. The court was to consist of five members: two from Venezuela, two from the United Kingdom, and a fifth neutral member. However, the United Kingdom demanded that Venezuela’s representation be determined by Parliament United State. The fifth member is the Russian citizen Fyodor MartensWho was a professor at the British universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh. The court ruled in favor of the United Kingdom, but Venezuela did not consider it neutral, which is why decades later it had to be addressed again through the Geneva Agreement.