The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is reporting tonight that a delegation of Belizean and Guatemalan Government officials met with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States at the OAS office in the Adjacency zone on last week Friday.
Wilfred Elrington, was accompanied by Lawrence Sylvester, Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Alexis Rosado, Ambassador to Guatemala and Belize's Commissioner on the Belize - Guatemala Joint Commission; Stuart Leslie, of Referendum Commission; Said Guerra and Alfonso Gahona, Director of International Affairs; and Luis Verde, Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
They met with their counterparts and an agreement was reached that the work of the Joint Commission is important in promoting efforts at building confidence and enhancing relations between the two country.
Both Ministers of Foreign Affairs highlighted the importance of meaningful programs that can directly promote development and protection of the environment in adjacent communities across the two countries. They also expressed satisfaction that they are now in a position to start implementing the cooperation agreements that were signed in December 2014. They charged the Commissioners with developing a work plan for implementation and to explore other ways of promoting confidence and neighbourliness between the two countries for the Ministers' consideration.
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