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The United States, through National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, urged the sides to find a diplomatic solution to the territorial dispute, saying "we don't want to see this come to blows."
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Calls mounted Thursday for calm to prevail as Venezuela said it saw a 'provocation' in joint US-Guyana military exercises and vowed to pursue the 'recovery' of an oil-rich region both neighbors claim as their own.
The discovery of vast oil deposits is blamed for reigniting a decades-old territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana that fast worsened as Guyana started granting licenses to multinationals to exploit crude in waters claimed by both countries.- Can Venezuela issue oil licenses?
A longstanding territorial dispute could flare into open confrontation in South America.
Georgetown, Guyana: World leaders called for calm Thursday asVenezueladecried joint US Guyana military exercises as a provocation and vowed to push...