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Belize Will Be Shuttling Between The Hague And Brussels
posted (May 24, 2019)
We spoke to Vernon at The Hague in the Netherlands, which is about two and a half hours from his Embassy in Brussels. But, the Guatemalans have an embassy in the Brussels and they also have one in the Hague. We asked Vernon whether Belize will be able to keep up with the Guatemalans:

Jules Vasquez, reporter
"Although we tend to punch above our weight, are we hopelessly outmanned in terms of feet on the ground and brains working on this issue?"

H.E. Dylan Vernon, Belizean Ambassador to EU
"The most important thing you said was that we punch above our weight. Brussels is only two and a half hours away by car, so we can get here rather quickly, but I would suspect that if and when we do have a case before the ICJ, that we will have to have some sort on presence here on a more regular basis. But we do as a foreign mission and I think this is true for foreign missions all over the world Belize has. We do have a punching above our weight approach I think we get our messages out. Clearly, we could have more, but we stand our own."

That interview was conducted before the "yes" vote. Belize does not plan to open up an embassy at the Hague. Agent Assad Shoman said he doesn't believe it is necessary to incur that cost - when a sustained presence in The Hague will only be required sporadically.

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