Venezuela rejects UN plan to settle border fight with Guyana
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Venezuela has rejected a United Nations proposal to send its longstanding border dispute with neighboring Guyana to an international court.
Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza said Wednesday that his country will push for a diplomatic settlement spelled out in a 1966 agreement signed in Geneva.
His comment comes a day after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that he is sending the case to the International Court of Justice.
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U.N. officials cite a provision of the Geneva accord that gives the secretary-general authority to find a solution if the two countries can't.
The territorial dispute between the two South American countries dates back to 1899. The swath of disputed land makes up 40 percent of Guyana.