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The Belize Territorial Volunteers also blasted the press conference event in a statement

which says, quote, â€œBelize was invaded militarily by Guatemala on May 15th 2015…in the Sarstoon River and Guatemala’s Armed Forces remain in Belize’s sovereign territory. May 15 this year will make Four Years since this most unacceptable situation came into existence. In all the 159 years of Guatemala and British dispute over Belize, Guatemala never invaded or occupied our country… Guatemala carried out this blatant act of aggression in open view of the Belize Government. Yet, not one of the Five Former Foreign Ministers signed any  declaration demanding Guatemala’s immediate withdrawal. Neither was any declaration signed calling on the regional and international community to go with Belize to the United Nations and force Guatemala out of our sovereign territory….with a portion of Toledo under Guatemalan military occupation, the Five Former Foreign Ministers dare to make a public spectacle by signing their simplistic declaration on Wednesday 9th of January, taking it upon themselves to dare tell Belizeans how to vote in the upcoming referendum. What arrogance….

The BTV strongly condemns this farce of the Former Foreign Ministers. None of them have any moral authority to attempt to influence the good people of Belize.â€￾ End quote.