AS Guyana continues to call for the removal of all illegal maps from the various social media platforms, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud, on Friday, tagged the new Twitter boss, Elon Musk, in a tweet.
In the tweet, Persaud stated that Guyana has made repeated reports of an illegal map of the country which is being circulated.

“This breach of the UN Charter and Twitter’s own policy must stop. I trust you will act given your stand on respect for international laws,” Persaud said.
Recently, there have been multiple postings of versions of the map of Guyana emanating from Spanish-speaking accounts which favour Venezuela’s claim to the county of Essequibo.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will, from November 17 to 22, hear preliminary objections raised by Venezuela in the border controversy case which was filed by Guyana. In December 2020, the court, in a majority ruling, upheld that it has jurisdiction to entertain the matter.

Persaud’s latest call comes weeks after the government officially engaged the Chief Executive Officers of Facebook and Twitter.
It was highlighted that the account holders have been utilising the social media platforms to propagate a false narrative of the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award that settled the land boundary between Guyana and Venezuela.