The World - News from July 1, 1986
Guatemala and Britain will renew relations at the consular level in two months as the first step toward re-establishing full diplomatic ties for the first time in 24 years, a Guatemalan Foreign Ministry official said. “We are going to renew relations gradually,” the official added. Guatemala broke ties with Britain in 1962 over Belize, then known as British Honduras, which Guatemala has claimed as part of its territory since the last century. Belize, wedged between Guatemala and Mexico, gained independence from Britain in 1981.
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