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Venezuela border claim case postponed due to coronavirus
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Venezuela’s claim to the Essequibo region has been postponed.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this in a statement late last night.
“In the case concerning the Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana V. Venezuela), the International Court of Justice has informed Guyana that the oral proceedings scheduled to begin on March 23, 2020, have been postponed due to the current worldwide health crisis.”
The Court has further informed that it will give a decision on a new date in due time.
The Coronavirus, which was identified by Chinese authorities in Wuhan last December, has been labeled a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. Thus far, there have been total of 3,388 deaths in 151 counties/ territories with 167,511 confirmed cases.
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