The Venezuelan government proposed a “high-level” meeting with Guyana on Saturday amid tensions related to the territorial dispute between the two countries over the oil-rich Esequibo region. President Nicolas Maduro held “telephone conversations with the President (of Brazil) Luiz Inácio da Silva and the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,” in which he presented a “proposal for a high-level meeting with the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.” The date will be in will be announced in the coming days,” the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said, without specifying whether Georgetown had agreed to the action.
The Venezuelan government “aims to maintain Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace.” Maduro, the Caracas government's statement said, had previously held a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Brazilian President Lula, a supporter of the initiative, had previously expressed the “growing concern of South American countries” and suggested starting a dialogue between the parties mediated by Celac.
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