Belizean-Turkish relations

Belize	Turkey

Belize and Turkey are both members of WTO. Turkey is an observer member of the ACS, OAS and SICA and Belize is a member.^[1]

The Embassy of Turkey in Guatemala City is accredited to Belize.

Historical Relations

• In the 1960s Turkey, along with the United States, sought and ultimately failed to mediate the resettlement of the border between Belize and Guatemala over contested Belizean territory dating back to an 1859 treaty between Imperial Spain and Great Britain.^[1]

High level Visits

Guest	Host	Place of visit	Date of visit
Minister of Foreign Affairs Elrington	Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu	Turkey–CARICOM Foreign Ministers Meeting, Istanbul	July 17–21, 2014[1]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Elrington	Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu	World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul	May 23–24, 2016[1]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Elrington	Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu	Second Turkey–SICA Foreign Ministers Forum, Istanbul	April 20, 2017[1]

Economic Relations

• Trade volume between the two countries was US$13.7 million in 2019 (Turkish exports/imports: 10.1/3.6 million USD).^[1]

See also

• Foreign relations of Belize
• Foreign relations of Turkey

References