You probably remember Carlos Raul Morales, he's the former Guatemalan Foreign Minister who was famously friendly with Belize's FM, Wilfred Elrington.
Morales was replaced by Sandra Jovel a little over a year ago. But, now he's running for Vice President. Today in Guatemala City, a contingent of Belizean media spoke to him at the Belizean Embassy in that city.
We asked him about Wilfred Elrington's sensational remark last week. Belize's Foreign Minister said that Guatemala could invade Belize if we voted no to the ICJ. Today, his old buddy Carlos Raul could not believe Elrington said that. Here's his reaction:
Marleni Cuellar, Reporter
"In a recent interview he has said that there is a risk that Guatemala may invade Belize if we vote no."
Carlos Raul Morales, Former Foreign Minister, Guatemala
"Really."
Marleni Cuellar
"What are your thoughts on the possibility of this?"
Carlos Raul Morales
"Well you now that Mr. Elrington is a very good friend of mine, I hope to say hello to him right now at the end of the year in Belize. I didn't know that and to be honest I don't think he said that because probably it is out of context."
Marleni Cuellar
"He did."
Reporter
"He said exactly that."
Carlos Raul Morales
"Guatemala isn't going to invade as a Guatemalan I can assure that. We have a lot of problems in Guatemala; poverty, malnutrition, we need to reconstruct a lot of thousands of kilometres of roads. We need to bring water to a lot of communities, we need to build houses for a lot of people, we have a lot of things to do in Guatemala and I can assure that to invade Belize is not in our list of things we need to do. We need to build the peace with Belize."
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