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By Zoila Palma: During a press conference this week, Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo denied that the flight that Belize is protesting took place.
Belize formally informed the international community that on the night of September 24, an aircraft belonging to the Guatemalan military entered Belize airspace illegally.
Belize’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that this was a “clear violation of Belize’s sovereignty.”
During the United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister John Briceno called for heightened monitoring by international organizations following this air incursion into Belizean airspace.
“What has been done is unacceptable and as I said in my speech at the UN, that it seems that the Guatemalan military is trying to play some kind of games as we go into the ICJ. Try to destabilize this process and we will not allow that to happen,” PM Briceno said.
But, Arevalo has denied that any such flight took place.
“This flight did not take place, and we are waiting for them to come and verify it,” he said.
He added that the government has made “the aircraft involved available to the OAS for a review of its records.”
President Arevalo said that in response to PM Briceno’s claims at the United Nations, Guatemala exercised its right of reply.
“There has been no flight like the one being reported,” the president emphasized.
Meanwhile, Guatemalan attorney Rudel Alvarez has publicly refuted those claims saying that the Guatemalan military is lying to President Arevalo and that he should investigate further.
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Photo by Prensa Libre By Zoila Palma: During a press conference this week, Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo denied that the flight that Belize is protesting took place. Belize formally informed the international community that on the night of September 24, an aircraft belonging to the Guatemalan military entered Belize airspace illegally. Belize’s Ministry of Foreign
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