The foreign ministers of Guyana and Venezuela are expected to meet in Brazil on Thursday.
This comes ahead of a second meeting between the presidents of both countries—Dr. Irfaan Ali of Guyana, and Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela.
A joint commission is being set up to further advance the Argyle Declaration, which is a peace agreement between the two states.
According to a press release from Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, Guyana says it remains fully committed to the principles of the Declaration, in particular the maintenance of peace in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Presidents Ali and Maduro met in December 2023, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Following that meeting, all sides signed an 11-point agreement—The Argyle Declaration—promising to “refrain, whether by words or deeds, from escalating any conflict”, as well as to meet again three months later in Brazil.