Senior Ambassador Assad Shoman To Guatemala For Talks

Belmopan - 27 December, 2000

Senior Ambassador with Ministerial Rank, His Excellency, Mr. Assad Shoman, will arrive in Guatemala City today for meetings with high-ranking Guatemalan Government officials.

Ambassador Shoman, who is the leader of Belize's Negotiating Team in the current negotiating process with Guatemala, is scheduled to meet tomorrow, Thursday, first with Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabriel Orellana, then with President Alfonso Portillo and Vice President Francisco Reyes.

The leaders will talk about confidence building measures and ways to reduce tension between the two countries.

Senior Ambassador Shoman will return to Belize on Friday, December 29.