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Delegations
from the Governments of Belize and Guatemala met on the
14th and 15th of November, in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye,
Belize headed by the Chief Negotiator of Belize Ambassador
with Ministerial Rank, Assad Shoman and the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, H.E. Jorge Briz Abularach,
accompanied by Ambassador Raul Lago, Special Representative
of the Secretary General of the Organization of American
States (OAS).
This
was the first meeting held within the new Framework Agreement
of Negotiations under the auspices of the Secretary General
of the OAS designed to reach an equitative and permanent
solution to the existing territorial Differendum between
both countries.
On
this occasion issues that were discussed related to the
development of the bilateral negotiating sessions and the
methodology to be adopted at the upcoming meetings to deal
with the issues of fact and law that would be the subject
of the negotiations. In addition, and as stipulated in the
Framework Agreement, the delegations agreed on the establishment
of the Belize – Guatemala Joint Commission, with the
collaboration of the General Secretariat of the OAS, that
will be in charge of the development of projects and cooperation
programmes between both countries.
The meeting also
agreed to set an initial agenda for the Joint Commission
oriented towards two areas of priority:
The
Parties agreed to hold the next meeting in Guatemala in
January 2006, to continue with the process of negotiations.
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