Now, it may seem odd that a regular meeting would go ahead - when just a week ago Foreign Minister Elrington said that relations were at a crisis level after a BDF Sergeant shot and killed a Guatemalan civilian in the Chiquibul forest two weeks ago.

But, things may not be all that bad after all. CEO in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alexis Rosado told us that after Elrington's interview with 7news aired on Friday, Guatemala's Foreign Minister Harold Caballeros called Elrington personally to basically disclaim everything:

There is no threat to close the border, no threat to send home our Ambassador and no ultimatum to provide an answer on the death of Francisco Quinn Yat.

You might be saying, "Come again!?" And you would be right to do so…but according to CEO Rosado these hardline positions were clearly communicated to Belize at the official level, just not in writing.

But Caballeros is now backtracking and reportedly told Elrington that he wants good relations, and the best for both country's citizens, but better must be done in the case of Guatemalans who trespass in Belizean territory.

That's a sharp reversal which sort of puts everything in a different light and also de-escalates what was presented to us a week ago as a "diplomatic crisis."

And while that is welcome, it likely won't subdue nationalist sentiments in Belize which were inflamed when the news went out that the Government of Belize plans to pay the family of Francisco Quinn Yat a compassionate grant.

7News has learned that government of Belize intends to contribute ten thousand US Dollars to a fund for the family that will be administered by the OAS. The full payment as we understand comes from a peace fund established by the OAS - and the OAS has already made an initial payment to the family out of its own funds.