Guyana tells World Court Venezuela's claim on oil-rich Esequibo region poses existential threat - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxQams3M0pqdURXZG9YUldOX05KYXBCaVRtRjRaWVJwTFotNmI4ZTY1VnBmVGE4dlF0Mk5rWHFVNm9PUnZBZFZrdFJ0QXNaUnVTR3JSYW12TlBjaEhoak51M3M1c0tVVDBDVU55QlY1Qk5LYnp2X3MzUzltUHo3dTV5OWo4c1VOdzl3RHJHQUJ6TGozUXBCem9sblN0WGZ0RTI3Y1RzUnBRUXg5Q3d0OFdCRTc0V3lGRmFRMWVWUTZ1dG8?oc=5" target="_blank">Guyana tells World Court Venezuela's claim on oil-rich Esequibo region poses existential threat</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

Guyana has asked the International Court of Justice to rule that Venezuela does not have a legitimate claim on the potentially oil-rich Esequibo region, which has been the subject of a dispute between the two countries since colonial times.

Guyana has argued at the International Court of Justice that 70% of its territory is at stake in a historic border dispute with Venezuela over a swath of jungle that is rich in resources.

Guyana and Venezuela have returned to the International Court of Justice to continue legal proceedings over a longstanding territorial dispute concerning the resource-rich Essequibo region, which makes up about 70% of Guyana's land.

Guyana has asked judges at the International Court of Justice to rule that Venezuela does not have a legitimate claim on the potentially oil-rich region around the Esequibo river, which has been the subject of a dispute between the Latin American neighbours since colonial days.

Guyana urged the ICJ on May 3 in The Hague to affirm the 1899 arbitration boundary, rejecting Venezuela’s claim over the oil-rich Esequibo which Guyana says threatens its sovereignty and development.