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Guyanese president Granger will attend Mercosur summit in Brasilia
The Guyana delegation includes president Granger, Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge and three other government representatives 
Another topic at the summit is the dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over the waters off Essequibo region, where U.S.-based ExxonMobil discovered oil Guyanese President David Granger and Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge plan to attend the biannual Mercosur summit in Brasilia later this next, a Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed to the Spanish news agency EFE.
The Foreign Ministry official did not provide further details on the agenda of the mission that will travel to Brazil this week and will include three other government representatives.
Mercosur full members are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. The presidents of Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia and Suriname, all associate Mercosur members, are also slated to attend the July 16-17 summit.
The hoped-for trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur will be one of the main topics of discussion at the summit, where Brazil will hand over the rotating presidency to Paraguay.
Another topic that may be discussed at the meeting is the dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over the waters off Essequibo region, where a subsidiary of U.S.-based ExxonMobil announced the discovery of a significant oil field.
Last May president Nicolas Maduro signed a decree extending Venezuela's maritime space all along the coast of the disputed Essequibo region where the oil discovery was reported. A Caricom summit in Barbados supported Guyana against Venezuela's territorial claims and likewise a statement from the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Read all commentsI do hope that Messrs Granger and Greenidge will stand up and accuse Maduro of colonialist imperialism. There IS a negotiated agreement/treaty that Maduro is breaching. Guyana should expose his mental incompetence and aim to have Venezuela declared a pariah state and be expelled from the UN.
Jul 15th, 2015 - 01:32 pm 0“A Caricom summit in Barbados supported Guyana against Venezuela's territorial claims and likewise a statement from the Commonwealth of Nations.”
Jul 16th, 2015 - 07:37 am 0Therefore, to use Argentine logic, “the whole world” supports Guyana in its dispute.
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