GUYANA President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has met with the leadership of his country's national security apparatus on January 3, hours after the US attack on Venezuela, which led to the capture of that country's president, Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by members of the US Army's elite Delta Force.

A post on Ali's Facebook page said: "President Dr Irfaan Ali met early this morning with the Defence Board, the National Security architecture, regional commanders, and other senior security officials, amid the ongoing situation in Venezuela."

A subsequent post said, "Prime Minister, Brigadier (retired) Mark Phillips, is currently in Region One engaging Guyana Defence Force troops and ranks of the Guyana Police Force operating in border communities, in light of recent developments in Venezuela."