…Govt, opposition call move threat to peace in the region ?An armed Venezuelan Navy vessel on Thursday entered Guyana waters and forced a seismic survey vessel into the neighbouring Republic country where the ship and crew have since been detained.The move by the Venezuelan military has since drawn widespread condemnation from the Government of Guyana and the major political opposition party, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).Both Government and APNU have called the move to seize the vessel from Guyana’s waters and detain it in Venezuela as a threat to international peace.The MV Teknik Perdana which was seized and detained by the Venezuelan MilitaryThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday said that at approximately 16:00 hrs on Thursday, a Venezuelan armed naval vessel,Cheap Jerseys USA, the ‘Yekuana’, was trailing the seismic vessel, the MV Teknik Perdana which is under contract with Anadarko.“As is known, Anadarko has a petroleum prospecting licence to search for hydrocarbons in the Roraima block offshore Guyana,” the Ministry said,Anadarko Petroleum Corp. the third-largest independent U.S. oil and natural gas producer yesterday said it is working for the release of its research vessel and its crew.The MV Teknik Perdana “was under contract to our company and conducting a seafloor survey on behalf the Government of Guyana,” John Christiansen, a spokesman for the Woodlands, Texas-based Company, said in an e-mail yesterday.The ‘Yekuana’ military vessel was acquired by Venezuela from Spain to join the surveillance of the Exclusive Economic Zone AB in Venezuelan coasts.According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, upon entry into Guyana’s territory the Venezuelan naval vessel obstructed the research vessel’s passage, requested them to change course and stop surveying.The Ministry reports that the crew of the MV Teknik Perdana, explained to the crew of the Venezuelan vessel that they were conducting a multi-beam survey of the seafloor in Guyana’s exclusive economic zone.The Venezuelan crew however insisted that the vessel was doing such work in Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone and instructed that the vessel switch off its engines and shut down its seismic equipment.Two hours later, the Venezuelan naval vessel ordered the RV Teknik Perdana, to travel at 5 knots in a westerly direction.The vessel was later instructed to increase its speed and given directions to sail to the island of Margarita in Venezuela.According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, “It was then clear that the vessel and its crew were not only being escorted out of Guyana’s waters, but were under arrest…These actions by the Venezuelan naval vessel are unprecedented in Guyana Venezuela relations.”The Ministry is adamant that “One point is clear and that is that the MV Teknik Perdana was in Guyana’s waters when this incident took place.”Guyana has since requested the immediate release of the vessel and its crew.“Guyana intends to employ all peaceful means to facilitate a prompt return to the status quo ante since neither the Venezuelan naval vessel, the agents of Venezuela,http://www.theworldsoccersshop.com/Brazil-Felipe-Anderson-Jersey.html, its Government nor any other State has the authority to exercise any action in Guyana’s territorial waters, its continental shelf or its exclusive economic zone without its express consent.”The Foreign Ministry said that the government is of the firm belief that the actions taken by the Venezuelan navy vessel “constitute a serious threat to the peace of this sub-region and the Government of Guyana therefore strongly condemns these actions.”Guyana, it said, believes in the peaceful resolution of disagreements amongst States.“It is for that reason that Guyana maintains that since the MV Teknik Perdana was merely collecting seismic data, and it will be some time before actual exploration for hydrocarbons could take place, there was and is ample time for Guyana and Venezuela to discuss any differences of view that may exist in relation to the provisional maritime boundary between the two States.”The Ministry said too that Guyana maintains “that the application of the principles of international maritime delimitation will vindicate its position that the MV Teknik Perdana was well within its maritime boundary when it was illegally evicted by the Venezuelan naval vessel… Indeed so is the Roraima concession block. “The Foreign Affairs Ministry asserted that Government is committed to working with the Venezuelan Government to find a diplomatic solution to this problem which has arisen.Opposition Leader,Joel Campbell Arsenal Jersey UK, David Granger, yesterday told media operatives that “APNU condemns the Venezuelan actions and expresses its unqualified support for a strong response by the