HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon, yesterday confirmed that the Venezuelan delegation that visited the Essequibo Coast has offered “an apology” for the breach in the agreement under which they were allowed to enter the country.

The delegation, consisting of research students, arrived in Guyana on August 31, obtained the approval from the relevant authorities, but the soldiers that were accompanying them were told that they could not disembark their boat and enter the country armed.
“Official sources from the Guyanese authority at the border was that the visitors sought and received permission to engage the members of the Guyanese communities on the border who assumedly, had some relationship with Venezuela whether biological or trading relationship,” the HPS explained to reporters yesterday.
However, regarding the soldiers, he said that they were not allowed and as such, their entry constituted a breach in the agreement.
“They were not allowed was the official report provided by the Guyanese authorities, and it was as far as the authorities there were concerned, a breach of the agreement, the understanding under which they were allowed to enter Guyana, a breach once drawn to their attention…,” Dr Luncheon said.
Once the breach was drawn to the attention of the Venezuelans, Dr Luncheon said they made the suitable apologies and made corrections.