Belize to Discuss National Issues with Mexico and Guatemala

Diplomacy takes center stage this Friday as Prime Minister John Briceño heads to Campeche, Mexico for a high-level sit-down with two regional leaders. He’ll be meeting with Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum and Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo to talk about key issues that affect all three neighbors; energy, migration, security, and the environment. We spoke with Foreign Affairs Minister Francis Fonseca, who gave us a preview of what Belize hopes to bring to the table and what’s at stake in these important discussions.

 

Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs

“Tomorrow prime Minister is joining the President of Mexico and the president of Guatemala for an engagement, a dialogue many different areas will be discussed. Energy, sustainable development, transport tourism education, many different areas will be discussed. But really, it’s coming together as a result of a commitment, a shared commitment to biodiversity, preserving and protecting biodiversity. So I think there’ll be a signing of a pact, of a shared commitment. It’s not a binding document. But creates legal obligations, but a binding path that demonstrates the commitment of all three countries to the protection of the biodiversity in our shared spaces.”