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Sedi Says Soldiers Sojourn Was Harmless
Thu, February 15, 2018

Elrington also said today that his Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a diplomatic note protesting the actions of three Guatemalan soldiers.  In mid-January, they casually walked over to the Belize side of the border - and waltzed into the immigration hall with no regard for protocol.  

Elrington said that it was a harmless mission

Hon. Wilfred Elrington
"I have seen notes that we have sent and I have seen Guatemala's response to it, it's the usual thing you know and we are required to do that, we need to do that because we need to make it clear that we will not countenance in any act which constitute in our view a violation of our sovereignty and territorial integrity but it is not my understanding that what transpired was anything more than officials coming across, some people from the military came across to ask what had happened with the media. Apparently the Guatemalans because they are involved in their own education process, the media I am told and I don't know how truthful it is but the media in Guatemala have volunteered their services, they are not charging the Guatemalan government or anything, they have volunteered their services to help educate their country on the issues."

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