委内瑞拉11月17日在国际法院（ICJ）告诉法官，他们应该驳回圭亚那在长期边界争端中提起的诉讼，该诉讼可能决定哪个国家拥有海上油气田的权利。

圭亚那于 2018 年提起诉讼，要求法院确认边界是根据 1899 年委内瑞拉与当时的殖民地英属圭亚那之间的仲裁程序确定的。

委内瑞拉副总统德尔西·罗德里格斯在法庭上表示：“这将证明圭亚那的主张是不可接受的。”这是联合国解决国家间争端的最高法庭。

在近海发现石油后，委内瑞拉加大了对埃塞奎博河以西广阔、人口稀少地区的主权声索。

委内瑞拉政府希望与圭亚那直接谈判解决边界争端，但圭亚那坚称该争端已在 1899 年的解决方案中得到规范。

Venezuela told judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Nov. 17 that they should throw out a case filed by Guyana in a long-running border dispute, which could determine which country has rights to offshore oil and gas fields.

Guyana brought a case in 2018 asking the court to confirm the border was established by an 1899 arbitration process between Venezuela and the then-colony of British Guiana.

“We will demonstrate Guyana’s claim is inadmissible,” Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez told the court, which is the U.N.’s highest for resolving disputes between states.

Venezuela had ramped up its claims to a huge, sparsely populated area west of the Essequibo River after oil was discovered offshore.

The Venezuelan government wants to resolve the border dispute in direct talks with Guyana, but the latter insists it has been already regulated with the 1899 settlement.