The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro held a second round of meetings in Caracas with a designated by the UN to address the dispute with Guyana maintains its country through the territory of Essequibo technical commission, the state news agency reported today. EFE
At the meeting the Venezuelan president "reiterated the need to activate the 'Good Officer' as a means to political, economic and international channels that result in an acceptable and fair solution for both countries arise," the Venezuelan News Agency ( AVN).
The citation was given by AVN on Thursday at Miraflores Palace, seat of government, is the second of a program of activities established by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, after his meeting with Maduro and President Guyana, David Granger, on 28 September during the UN General Assembly.
After the last meeting, held in Caracas on 14 October, Maduro predicted that for the month of November, a "firm and clear" route on diplomatic route would be announced with his country and Guyana, with the support of the UN, will reach a solution to the territorial dispute.
So far no details and the progress made after the second meeting are known.
The UN team is made up of six people led by the chief of staff of the Office of the UN Secretary General, Susana Malcorra.
Essequibo region is under UN mediation since the signing of the Geneva Agreement in 1966, but the dispute escalated after US Exxon Mobil last May discovered oil fields off the coast in the area of litigation.
The Government of Venezuela issued at the same time a presidential decree that dictated an administration order of defense of the country, with a demarcation that included as its own all waters of the Atlantic off the coast of Essequibo.
The Venezuelan presidential decree created the rejection of the Guyanese Government.