HAGUE, Netherlands (CMC) — Venezuela on Monday told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it will not allow the court to settle the decades-old border dispute with Guyana.

“Venezuela will never endorse a violation of the Geneva Agreement and international law. There is no legal way of recognising a decision resulting from this process, whatever that may be,” said Acting President Delcy Rodriquez as the ICJ wrapped up oral submissions on the issue.

The ICJ, established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN), has in the past ruled that it has the authority to adjudicate on the border dispute.