Fonseca Says Foreign Affairs Portfolio Comes With a Team

But the portfolio of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is among a country’s most critical because it speaks to how that nation is represented diplomatically and how it conducts business on the international stage with other countries. Fonseca, a senior minister, is already responsible for a very loaded portfolio – that of education, science, technology and culture. But how will He a take on this added ministry’s workload? He told us it’s all about team work. 

 

Via phone: Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs

“It’s undoubtedly a great responsibility, but one I think I’m fully prepared and equipped to handle and take on, and I say that with some level of confidence because of the people I have around me, both at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. They have excellent – we have excellent people at both of those ministries, who are, you know, very, very capable, very competent. I think at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology, we have already put in place a very firm foundation for success. We have an excellent team, leadership team there, senior management team. Of course, I’m supported by Minister of State, Dr. Louise Zabaneh, so I think all of us working together can make this work. Our job is to ensure that we are effectively carrying out, you know, government’s policy, and that we are advancing the interests of Belize.”