And while those heavy deliberations lie ahead for Government – the Prime Minister was cheery about his UK visit. He discussed some of the highlights:…
Hon. Dean Barrow - Prime Minister of Belize
"Well I think the meeting with Prince Charles went well, he's talking about a kind of blue bond, something that would end up giving countries that are vulnerable to climate change - money in return for marine conservation. The discussion contemplated Belize being used as some kind of a pilot program. It's all extremely preliminary but it was good to know that somebody at that level is focused on Belize in that way. The meeting with the UK Minister of the arm forces saw a discussion about the possibility of the BATSUB, presence being scaled back up after the British exit from Afghanistan is complete and the minister was extremely optimistic about that happening in the next 18 months or so."
The Prime Minister says that the return of the British army helicopters to Belize would be much desired for the BDF – who formerly used it for insertion in remote lookouts near the Guatemalan border.
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