Caribbean News Global
March 5, 2021
By Caribbean News Global contributor
GUYANA / VENEZUELA â Following the minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, Hugh Todd, summoned the Venezuelan ambassador to Guyana, His Excellency Luis Edgardo Diaz Monclus to hand over a protest note and register the government of Guyanaâs condemnation âthat on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at approximately 13:20 hrs., two Venezuelan Sukhoi SU 30 fighter jets, flew over the community of Eteringbang and the airstrip at a very low altitude. The fighter jets then circled the location once before proceeding in an easterly directionâ is a violation of Guyanaâs sovereignty.
The two countries have subsequently issued separate statements: