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Government of Venezuela It promised this Sunday, and has since kept its warnings United Kingdom announced that it would send one of its warships GuyanaOne of its former colonies is in the middle of a territorial dispute between the two South American countries.

“We are alert to these provocations that endanger the peace and stability of the Caribbean and our America,” Venezuelan Defense Minister X (formerly Twitter) expressed on Twitter. Vladimir Padrino LopezThe announcement is believed to threaten the agreements signed on December 14 between Caracas and Georgetown in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

See: United Kingdom to send warship to Guyana in framework of Essequibo dispute with Venezuela

Leaders that day Venezuela Y Guyana, Nicolás Maduro and Irfan Ali, Respectively, they agreed not to threaten each other and to “avoid incidents” in the disputed territory of some 160,000 square kilometers to reduce tensions that had escalated in previous weeks.

“And a commitment to good neighborliness and peaceful coexistence? An agreement not to mutually threaten and use force under any circumstances?” Patrino López questioned, after remembering that the British ship would reach the sea that Venezuela considers “to be demarcated” pending. Although Guyana He sees them as part of his geography.

A few minutes earlier, in another message, the defense chief had called for security Guyana droughtThe controversial part, in his Christmas message.

As reported by the British network 'BBC' this Sunday, The United Kingdom It is preparing to send the ship “as a show of military and diplomatic support” to Guyana, which controls the disputed territory.

Controversy escalated after Venezuela ratified the deal in a unilateral referendum on December 3. EssequiboAnd the Maduro government will order a military unit to settle near the disputed area.

A spokesman for the British Ministry of Defense confirmed this Thursday HMS TrentA British ship sent to the Caribbean to fight drug trafficking has been diverted to annex the oil-rich region following threats from Venezuela.

“HSM Trent will meet with our regional allies and colleagues from the Commonwealth of Guyana Later this month as part of ongoing engagements in the region during her Atlantic patrol deployment,” the spokesperson said.