（彭博社）“拜登政府主要国家安全官员周日前往圭亚那，美国正在努力防止该国与委内瑞拉围绕石油和矿产资源的争端演变成武装冲突。
美国驻圭亚那大使馆表示，首席副国家安全顾问乔恩·费纳和白宫国家安全委员会西半球高级主任胡安·冈萨雷斯正在继续致力于地区安全和经济稳定。
美国空军南方司令埃文·佩图斯少将上周在圭亚那谈论安全合作，当时美国军方正在制定如何帮助该国保护其石油资源丰富的埃塞奎博地区的战略。
2015 年，美国巨头埃克森美孚公司在圭亚那海岸发现了大量石油储量，紧张局势再次开始加剧。去年，委内瑞拉领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗(Nicolas Maduro)举行公投，据称该公投显示了压倒性的支持，推动委内瑞拉控制埃塞奎博。
周四在巴西举行会议后，圭亚那承诺维护和平并继续努力寻求外交解决方案。
美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯表示“坚定不移地支持圭亚那的主权”。
费纳和冈萨雷斯将于周一抵达哥伦比亚。
(Bloomberg) – Key Biden administration national-security officials traveled to Guyana on Sunday as the U.S. works to prevent the country’s dispute with Venezuela over oil and mineral riches from sliding into armed conflict.
Jon Finer, the principal deputy national security adviser, and Juan Gonzalez, the White House National Security Council’s senior director for the Western Hemisphere, are continuing work on regional security and economic stability, the U.S. Embassy in Guyana said.
The U.S. Air Force’s southern commander, Major General Evan Pettus, was in Guyana last week to talk about the security cooperation as the U.S. military strategizes how to help the nation protect its oil-heavy Essequibo region.
Tension began rising again in 2015, when U.S. giant Exxon Mobil Corp. discovered massive oil reserves off the Guyanese coast. They flared up last year after Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro held a referendum that purportedly showed overwhelming support for his nation’s push to take control of the Essequibo.
Guyana pledged to maintain peace and to continue working toward a diplomatic solution after a Thursday meeting in Brazil.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has offered “unwavering support for Guyana’s sovereignty.”
Finer and Gonzalez will be in Colombia on Monday.
