00:00Live to The Hague in the International Court of Justice outside of the building with statements
00:05coming from the Acting President, Elze Rodriguez and the Foreign Minister Ivan Hill.
00:08Let's listen.
00:16We came here respectfully.
00:27The Geneva Agreement is the only judicial mechanism that...
00:44Seeing we are having difficulties with the sound, or as you were saying, the Acting President, Elze Rodriguez, offering statements
00:51to the press outside of the International Court of Justice, following Venezuela's participation in the hearing in the International Court
00:58of Justice, where Venezuela reaffirmed its sovereignty.
01:03And the historical truth of Venezuela on its sovereignty over the territory of Guayana Ezequiva.
01:10Throughout these past days of hearings here in the International Court of Justice, Venezuela has also reaffirmed that they have
01:17come to this court respectfully to reaffirm Venezuela's truth, to...
01:25communicate to the world the reality on this controversy, but not recognizing the jurisdiction of the ICJ on this matter,
01:33since the...
01:34As Venezuela has said repeatedly in different occasions, in the framework, the legal framework that...
01:43that...
01:44that...
01:45that...
01:45that...
01:45governs this dispute is the Geneva Agreement signed in 1966 by both sides, which is the legal
01:51instrument to find a peaceful...
01:53a peaceful...
01:54solution that is...
01:56that provides benefits for both...
01:58for both parties.
01:59The Geneva Agreement, as we call it, in 1966, was signed by both sides, by Venezuela, by the...
02:07newly formed Corporate Republic of Guayana, and by the colonial power of Guayana before its independence, back then...
02:13back then, the United Kingdom, setting aside once and for all the fraudulent arbitral war of 1899.
02:31As we were saying, this happened...
02:41So, as we continue to wait for the audio signal, we have no sound of what is coming from the
02:48HEC, but we were saying this is what just happened
02:51again...
02:51in the Hague, where Venezuela once more reaffirmed its sovereignty over Guayana Ezequiva.
03:00Over Guayana Ezequiva.
03:03In...
03:04the acting president, Moncada, the...
03:07the Venezuela permanent representative to the end, all had their point, and also with the participation of important professors, lawyers,
03:14to the right of the acting president, we see the Attorney General of the Republic as well.
03:20that all came and presented the proof, evidence, that without doubt, since the beginning of...
03:31the beginning of Venezuela as a nation by the Spanish colonial power back then in 1777.
03:44that territory was part of that... of that... of that region of what would later be Venezuela.
03:55Let's listen to what the acting president is saying, we have sound.
03:58So, I congratulate you... that the people of Venezuela understands...
04:06as acting president, I have come here to deal with an issue that is fundamental with our country as it
04:12is the sovereignty over Guayana Ezequiva.
04:22We just heard statements of Donald Trump saying that he would consider to make Venezuela the 51st state.
04:28Well, first of all, we came here to the International Justice to defend sovereignty and independence process.
04:37So, if something Venezuelans that we have is that we love our process of independence, we love our heroes of
04:46independence,
04:47and we will continue defending the integrity, the sovereignty, the independence, our history,
04:54which is a history of glory of men and women that gave their lives to make sure that we were
05:02not colonists,
05:02but an independent country. Well, President Trump, as you know, we have been working with a strong diplomacy.
05:10That's the path. Venezuela, without a doubt, is a country that has the largest oil reserves in the world,
05:17and also is one of the largest of the cast.
05:24Well, these were the final statements of the acting president, as you were saying,
05:29coming out from the final day of hearings before the International Council of Justice,
05:33where Venezuela once more reaffirmed its sovereignty of Guayana Ezequiva
05:35and put forward with evidence, with clear evidence, the historical truth of Venezuela
05:40that Guayana Ezequiva has always been and will continue to be a territory of the Bolivar Republic of Venezuela,
05:46and that the only legal framework to resolve the territorial dispute is the Geneva Agreement signed in 1966.
05:53This is all for now. Stay tuned with Telesur English.
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