By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Foreign Affairs Minister Francis Fonseca is making it clear that Godfrey Smith’s push for closer ties with China is his own view, not the Government of Belize’s.
Smith, a Senior Counsel and former Foreign Minister, believes the United States revoked his visa because of his work to expand China’s presence in Belize. Asked whether that was a valid reason, Fonseca declined to weigh in.
“That’s not for me to say. That’s for the US to determine. They have their own policies. That’s Mr. Smith’s personal position,” Fonseca said.
He then restated where Belize stands.
“Belize, of course, our position is very firmly and very clearly that we are committed to our diplomatic relations with Taiwan. They have been a good friend and partner of Belize for 37 years,” he said.
Fonseca said he only learned of the revocation when it was brought to his attention and that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was never informed.
“I’m very surprised, very shocked by it,” he said. “The US government obviously has the right to revoke anyone’s visa and they have not provided any reasons for that revocation.”
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By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Foreign Affairs Minister Francis Fonseca is making it clear that Godfrey Smith’s push for closer ties with China is his own view, not the Government of Belize’s. Smith, a Senior Counsel and former Foreign Minister, believes the United States revoked his visa because of his work to expand China’s
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