GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Guyana says it is confident the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will uphold the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award and the country’s border with Venezuela after the completion of all submissions in the historic case, leaving only the court’s final judgment outstanding.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips, delivering a statement in the National Assembly on Friday, said all submissions in the case have been completed, bringing to an end eight years of proceedings before the world’s highest judicial body.

“Guyana is more confident than ever that the Court will uphold the legal validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award and the finality and permanence of the international boundary between Guyana and Venezuela,” Phillips told legislators.