And when he spoke at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington discussed the Guatemalan claim at the very top of his speech, pressing for a Sarstoon protocol:...
Hon. Wilfred Elrington - Minister of Foreign Affairs
"There is still one pending issue for us to agree upon. In continuing that spirit of good faith we urge our neighbor Guatemala to agree on a procedure or protocol for confidence building measures on the Sarstoon River, our southern boundary with Guatemala, to facilitate the management of incidents of the kind that gave rise to heightened tensions between our two countries in 2015 and 2016."
Reliable reports tell us that two weeks ago, the Guatemalan Armed Forces stopped a BDF patrol going up the Sarstoon.
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