Mexico Pledges to Honour Existing Electricity Supply to Belize  

In May, former Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador discussed with Prime Minister John Briceño the possibility of increasing Mexico’s power supply to Belize by five megawatts. Although that discussion did not come to fruition, this week, PM Briceño held a similar meeting with the new Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum. Today, Minister of Energy Michel Chebat informed News Five that President Sheinbaum assured them that the existing arrangement would be honored and that they would explore ways to increase the power supply. The meeting also included Mexico’s new Minister of Energy, Luz Elena Gonzalez Escobar, and her team.

 

Michel Chebat, Minister of Energy

“Present at that meeting was also the head of the CFE from whom we actually purchase electricity. It was a very fruitful discussion. We discussed several issues, including the agreement for Belize to purchase energy from Mexico, we spoke about Belize’s energy security, which is very important for us. We also spoke about Belize’s energy security, which is very important for us. We also spoke about the basic needs of energy of southern Mexico and Belize and discussed a little bit about how we could go about addressing the issues on both sides of the border. I think our meeting was the first meeting she ever had since taking over this position, but she did assure us that all the agreements we had in place with the former government will be respected and will be honored. And we looked also – and obviously we discussed the possibilities of increasing that as we had done with the former president. And there is that commitment to look at that and to see how best we can get that done. I think one of the important things that did come out of this meeting is a commitment from the new administration to continue working with Belize to make sure that we have the energy supply that we need. And we also agreed that we’re going to have a joint working group that will of course consist of BEL and PUC who are going to be meeting regularly with our Mexican counterparts to see how best we can push forward these agreements.”

 

We also asked Minister Chebat to respond to allegation of voter fraud that his political rival in Cayo North, Dr Omar Figueroa had brought forth this week, he said that because the matter is now before the courts, he could not, but offered to give a comment after the court has dealt with the case