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SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday expressed to his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro rising concern over a territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana, Brazil’s presidential palace mentioned in an announcement.
In a cellphone name from Maduro to Lula, the Brazilian president referred to as for dialogue, stating that it was necessary to keep away from unilateral measures that would escalate the state of affairs.
Tensions between Venezuela and Guyana have been rising in the previous few weeks over a long-running border dispute over Esequibo, an space in Guyana the place huge discoveries of offshore oil and fuel have been made.
Final weekend, voters in Venezuela rejected the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice’s (ICJ) jurisdiction over the world, backing the creation of a brand new state.
Lula additionally recommended that the professional tempore president of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) — Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — ought to handle the problem.
Lula reiterated that Brazil is able to help and observe dialog initiatives, reinforcing a joint declaration by South American nations that was launched earlier this week.
The US and Brazil are consulting one another on the border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana, the press workplace of the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia mentioned.
“We reaffirm the United States’ unwavering support for Guyana’s sovereignty,” it mentioned in an announcement that mentioned each governments need a peaceable decision of the battle.
