David Cameron Urges Concrete Venezuela Action After Argyle Declaration

Former United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister David Cameron has called for concrete  Venezuela action after last week’s historic summit. The Presidents of Guyana and Venezuela, Dr. Irfaan Ali and Nicolas Maduro, and Caribbean Community (CARIOM) leaders were at the gathering. Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Philip J. Pierre, also attended. The summit occurred amid tensions between Guyana and Venezuela regarding a controversy over the former’s resource-rich Essequibo region. The region comprises over two-thirds of Guyana’s territory. A joint statement from the  Argyle, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines summit declared, among other things, that Guyana and Venezuela, directly or indirectly, would not threaten or use force against one another in any circumstances. Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron took to social media on Friday to welcome the statement, contained in ‘The Joint Declaration of Argyle for Dialogue and Peace between Guyana and Venezuela.’ “The statement by Venezuela in St Vincent that it will refrain from the use of force and any further escalation is welcome. And it must be followed by concrete actions,” Cameron, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs, observed on X (formerly Twitter). He said the UK supports efforts by Vincentian Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves...