Guyana said on Wednesday night that two Venezuelan fighter jets entered its airspace, circling a community on the countries’ shared border before returning to their own territory.
Caracas says much of eastern Guyana is its own territory, a claim rejected by Georgetown. The conflict flared up in recent years as Guyana started developing oil reserves near the disputed area.
Guyana’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that two Venezuelan army Sukhoi SU 30 fighter jets flew over the community of Eteringbang and a nearby airstrip along the countries shared border at a “very low altitude of 1500 feet” on Tuesday at about 1:20 p.m. They circled once before flying back into Venezuela, the statement added.
Don't panic,#Su30 from the Venezuelan Air Force pic.twitter.com/0tCMtEAU6X
— www.anoncandanga.com (@anon_candanga) March 4, 2021
Venezuela strongly rejects the false allegations, of the statement issued by Guyana, in order to victimize the international community and present our country as an aggressor. Based on a video on social media, On Venezuelan security forces patrol work.
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela also reminded , since there is a dispute over Guayana Esequiba, none of the parties can refer to this territory as their own, under their sovereignty and jurisdiction, such as set out in Article 5 of the 1966 Geneva Agreement.
