And while the prime minister addressed a broad range of issues in the 70-minute address, one of the most telling remarks was on the current impasse in Belize Guatemala relations. Musa noted that the Berger administration, like its predecessor, is unable to accept the facilitators' proposals and did not consider itself bound by the agreement establishing a transition process signed on February 7th 2003. With that pm Musa says we may have to go to an international court.
Hon. Said Musa - Prime Minister
"We have concentrated considerable diplomatic skill and ingenuity to keep the international community engaged on resolving this issue. But still, we have so far been unable to progress beyond the presentation of the Facilitators' Proposals." "As you are aware, we have been advised by some of the most distinguished international lawyers in the world that our case is a very strong one. Perhaps, the time has come for us to seriously consider taking this matter to the International Court of Justice. But that, of course, is a matter that we would have to put to you the people in a national referendum."
Musa also noted that earlier this week, the united state's deputy assistant secretary of state Dan Fisk made a working visit to Belize. He visited the adjacency zone and met with Belizean officials in Order to obtain a first hand account of the border situation.