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OAS Secretary General to Participate in Belize-Guatemala Meeting on Monday

  October 18, 2012

Ambassador Hugo de Zela, Chief of Staff of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, announced today, in response to press inquiries, that “the coordination with authorities from Belize and Guatemala has been completed for a meeting of the Group of Friends of the General Secretariat for Belize-Guatemala, in the presence of the chief representative of the OAS.” De Zela confirmed that, on Monday, October 22, Secretary General Insulza will take part in the meeting, which will be attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize, Wilfred Elrington, and Guatemala, Harold Caballeros, in Guatemala City.

Regarding reports about the postponement of the meeting between the leaders of Belize and Guatemala, De Zela said that the agenda of Secretary General Insulza “has never been an obstacle for the realization of the bilateral meeting, as he has been constantly willing to postpone other commitments to go where the governments of Belize and Guatemala deem convenient and on the date on which they agree.”

Reference: E-375/12