General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, has echoed the alarm of Dr Irfaan Ali, the President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, after a coast guard vessel from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela entered the waters of Guyana on 1.

Guyana and Venezuela clashed again after the former complained of incursion into its oil-rich maritime territory, which then triggered a warning from Caracas against “dangerous provocation” based on “lies”.

A Venezuelan military vessel’s unauthorized entry into Guyana’s waters on Saturday has reignited condemnation of the Bolivarian Republic’s blatant disregard

The Venezuelan patrol ship that entered Guyana’s waters Saturday and positioned itself near a vessel contracted by Exxon Mobil Corp. in the Stabroek oil block has departed the area, according to the Guyana Defence Force.

The Guyana soldiers were on a resupply mission when they were confronted by armed men positioned on the Venezuelan side of the Cuyuni River.

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