Gya: Fishing dispute a three-some

Guyana jumped protecting its turf in the T&T-Barbados dispute.

Guyana is taking steps to safeguard its interests given the implications of Barbados' challenge to a maritime agreement between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.

Foreign Affairs Minister Rudy Insanally said yesterday that, "as interested parties we will have to see how our interests are best preserved." This was after negotiations to settle the maritime boundary dispute between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago failed. Barbados, through the United Nations, has now initiated a compulsory international arbitration process to settle the dispute, although it remains committed to bilateral talks.

The maritime delimitation agreement between Venezuela and Trinidad infringes upon Guyana's maritime boundary and that of Barbados. It is also behind the failure of Barbados and Trinidad to enter into a new bilateral fishing agreement....