B.T.V. Confronted by GAF during Sarstoon Flag Raising Ceremony

Visit    / gbtvfeed   for the live stream of the entire newscast, or visit www.channel5belize.com for a text transcript. For the fifteenth time since Belize’s independence, the Belize Territorial Volunteers organized a trip to Sarstoon Island to plant the Belize national flag. And this weekend, like years past, they were met with hostility from the Guatemalan Armed Forces (GAF). According to reports, Guatemalan soldiers removed three of Belize’s flags after they were planted. The Leader of the Opposition is now calling on the Government of Belize to send an urgent diplomatic note to the Guatemalan President to “underscore the need for Guatemalan Armed Forces to adhere to international law, confidence building measures agreed protocols”. News Five’s Paul Lopez reports.