Venezuela and Grenada to return to boundary negotiations

Talks between Venezuela and Grenada on boundary delimitation are expected to resume soon. The issue was raised when Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro visited St. George’s last weekend and promised to help Grenada develop any potential oil and gas sites. Grenada’s Energy Minister Gregory Bowen said positive discussions on the boundary delimitation had begun a few years ago with the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, and a team is standing by to return to the table. Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell said his country is eager to reach an agreement. “There is a necessity for delimitation of our boundaries so we can access the resources, as Venezuela has been able to do. We want to advance this as soon as possible because the indication is that there are serious resources to be accessed when this happens,” said Mitchell. More…