So tomorrow, for the first time in a very long while – we expect a joint statement on the Belize Guatemala issue from Foreign Minister Elrington and
Opposition Representative Assad Shoman. That is what Elrington told us would be forthcoming but there has been no further confirmation. Still, it sounds
about right to General Jones, whose soldiers are on the frontline. He says politicizing a situation like this does more harm than good.
Brig. Gen. David Jones - Commander, BDF
"I had a meeting with the leader of the opposition Eamon Courtney, it was in regards to the incident that took place in the Sarstoon Saturday. So I
discussed the details with him, most of it is sensitive that I am not going to disclose but the important thing is I was happy that he came for the
meeting because it shows that the country is taking a nonpartisan approach. The best way forward for we with the issue with Guatemala is to unite as a
country and for the political parties to unit as a team and then come up with a strategy to decide what Belize wants, what we would like to achieve at
the end and then work out a road map on how to reach there and to tackle the issue with Guatemala head but from a national perspective and not from a
political or partisan perspective."
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