evidence: BELMOPAN, Belize -Foreign Affairs Minister, Eamon Courtenay, says Belize had anticipated Guatemala applying to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for permission to join the portion of the proceedings between Belize and Honduras that will determine sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes. [...] In its application for permission to intervene, Guatemala recalls that on November 16, 2022, Belize instituted proceedings against Honduras concerning "sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cays or Cayes, a cluster of islands in the Gulf of Honduras, which Guatemala also claims". [...] Guatemala further indicates that the object of its intervention is twofold, namely to protect the rights and interests of Guatemala over the Sapodilla Cays by all the legal means available, and to inform the Court of the nature and extent of Guatemala’s rights, which may be affected by the Court’s decision on the issue of sovereignty over the Sapodillas.