And while Belize City citizens are ready to go to war to protect their home, they might be consoled to know that the National Security Council has also taken a hardline. Security Minister John Saldivar met this morning with the senior command of the security forces. A press release says that quote, "all security forces have been placed on high alert and a short term strategy has been devised to deal with further possible incidents along the border areas and in the Sarstoon."
To follow up on that, a meeting of the National Security Council was held this afternoon at the Prime Minister's office - and it was chaired by Acting Prime Minister Gaspar Vega. It finished at a few minutes to six, and he briefed the media on the most important decisions taken today:..
Hon. Gaspar Vega
"This afternoon the National Security Council held a special meeting to discuss the events that took place at the Chiquibul National Park. At that meeting the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister participated via a telephone conference and he informed us that he has already met with the President of Guatemala Jimmy Morales, where they both agreed that they will do whatever it needs to be done to de-escalate the tension at the borders and to avoid any military confrontation, and has met with the Deputy Secretary General of the UN, he has met with the Secretary General of CARICOM and later today he was to have a meeting with the Secretary General of the OAS, who is at headquarter at the moment, due to the crisis they are going through."
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