ˈɪɹɪbˌæɹən bˈoːɹdʒᵻz ɹᵻplˈaɪd ðæt vˌɛnɪzwˈeɪlə wʌz bˈaʊnd tə ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɪks dʒənˈiːvə ɐɡɹˈiːmənt wɪððə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd kˈɪŋdəm ænd ɡaɪˈɑːnə, ænd ðæt vˌɛnɪzwˈeɪlə kʊd nˌɑːt ˌɪntɚvˈiːn ɪn fˈeɪvɚɹ ʌvðə ɹˈɛbəlz ˈiːvən ɪf ɪt wˈɔntᵻd tuː.
Iribarren Borges replied that Venezuela was bound to the 1966 Geneva Agreement with the United Kingdom and Guyana, and that Venezuela could not intervene in favor of the rebels even if it wanted to.