By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Opposition Leader Tracy Panton is asking whether government has considered recalling Belize’s ambassador to Guatemala in protest over the latest confrontation on the Sarstoon River.
Her question comes days after Guatemalan Navy vessels confronted a Belize Defence Force patrol near Sarstoon Island.
“Has there been any thought to recall our ambassador from Guatemala as a way of strong protest that what is occurring in the Sarstoon cannot and will not be countenanced by us as a population?” Panton asked.
She said that when Belize’s soldiers and Coast Guard officers face intimidation, the response must be unmistakable.
“When our brave soldiers, the men of the Belize Defence Force and the Coast Guard, face intimidation, a clear and strong and firm diplomatic response must follow,” she said.
Government has so far said it is sending a formal protest note to Guatemala and reporting the incident to the Organization of American States. It has also reinforced the Sarstoon Forward Operating Base.
Recalling an ambassador is one of the strongest diplomatic signals a country can send short of cutting ties.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Opposition Leader Tracy Panton is asking whether government has considered recalling Belize’s ambassador to Guatemala in protest over the latest confrontation on the Sarstoon River. Her question comes days after Guatemalan Navy vessels confronted a Belize Defence Force patrol near Sarstoon Island. “Has there been any thought to recall
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