instructed the military to invade Guyana
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Georgetown has issued a press statement noting that several sections of the local print media reported yesterday that it was the current government of the Republic of Suriname that had instructed the Surinamese military to invade Guyana’s territory.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to reiterate that it was a former President of Suriname who publicly stated that he had given instructions for the invasion of Guyana’s territory, but that those instructions were aborted because his government had come to the end of its term in office,” the Ministry explained.
“At no time did the Ministry of Foreign Affairs insinuate or state that it was the current President or Government in Suriname that had given its military instructions to invade Guyana’s territory.
“The Government of Guyana has however called on the current Government of Suriname to publicly state its opposition to the use of, or threat of the use of force as an option in its policies towards Guyana,” the Foreign Affairs statement concluded.