Not even a month after the Prime Minister's visit to Guatemala, there have been two reported incidents in the Sarstoon involving aggression by the GAF - which was on the Belize side of the Sarstoon in both incidents.
We asked the PM if he felt the discussions between himself and the president were undermined by these aggressive maneuvers. He explained that Belize is standing its ground, but stressed that Will Maheia and the BTV need to be more careful.
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"The military people on both sides, you know, they are very they're straight, they're straight. And in their minds, they are doing what they're supposed to be doing. We know for a fact that they are wrong."
"But we need to stand our ground, and we've been standing our ground, but also with some sort of caution. And I mean, Wil and I are personal friends like brothers, and I urge him caution, I mean, because one of these days somebody might just pull that trigger, and then God forbid, what are we to do? Shoot back? You know, we're 1,000 soldiers, there are about 15,000 soldiers, I mean, we need to be reality. We have to look at reality, yes, we stand our ground, we've defend, but we need to use our international partners to help us, and we're using the legal process."
"We are at the ICG, and we have every confidence that we're going to win that case, which I hope sometime next year we're going to have the oral presentation."
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