HC Deb 23 March 2001 vol 365 cc419-20W
Mr. Robathan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the position of the Guatemalan Government on the territorial integrity of Belize; what boundaries to Belize Her Majesty's Government recognise, and on what legal basis; and if he will make a statement. [152847]

Mr. Battle

The Government of Guatemala are currently working within a process, jointly with the Government of Belize and facilitated by the Organisation

of American States, to demarcate its boundary with Belize. The United Kingdom welcomes and supports this process.

The United Kingdom continues to regard the 1859 Treaty as defining the boundary between Belize and Guatemala.