Belize and Guatemalan Officials Meet to Talk Energy and Border Security

Earlier this week, Belize’s Ambassador to Guatemala, Jose Alpuche, met with Guatemalan officials at the Municipal Office of Melchor de Mencos. They tackled several pressing issues, including border security, transportation, and energy. Today, Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis Fonseca shared more details about these important discussions.

 

Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs

“It was just a part of his normal duties. He engages with these communities. We’re always looking for opportunities to strengthen our cooperation and ties. And we’ve been looking at border issues, in particular trade issues. That’s essentially what he was doing.”

 

Reporter

“And a part of it that they had mentioned was electricity, but someone mentioned that in Belize we have our own issues with electricity. So how would that work?”

 

Francis Fonseca

“It’s all a part of our plan for developing more sustainable alternatives, energy alternatives renewable energy. So there are many people in the private sector, both here and outside of Belize in the region who are interested in what is happening here in Belize and providing energy not only to Belize, but to the region. That’s what he was talking about. That’s what they were talking about. A sort of fact finding mission to to determine exactly how we can address these issues and look at possible projects, especially as you mentioned in the area of energy. Renewable energy.”