Another notable departure from the Belize - Guatemala picture is senior US diplomat Tom Shannon. He announced his retirement on the first of February retired at the end of January - literally the day after he had met with the Belize contingent. Those with knowledge of the territorial dispute will know that in his 35 year diplomatic career Shannon has long bene Belize’s man in Washington.
Today, Elrington said he will be missed
Hon. Wilfred Elrington - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belize
"If you notice a number of high ranking officials in the administration of President Trump have been retiring for one reason or the other."
Jules Vasquez
"Tom Shannon."
Hon. Wilfred Elrington
"Yeah Tom Shannon, he's a very nice person, he was very helpful to us over the years that we have been involved with the Belize Guatemala issue. Whenever we had difficult times when the relationship got a little thorny and we were force to resort to them for their assistance and he was always the consummate gentleman and diplomat in helping to resolve it. The last meeting we have with him he gave us the assurance to the extent that he would have been able so to do, he would assist us. As a matter of fact you know we still have the matter of the Sarstoon protocol, that's a matter which is outstanding, that is a matter which they have worked with us on and he gave us an assurance that he would continue to work with us on that and try to see whether that could be concluded."
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