"Following the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Haiti [Bocchit Edmond] and a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, in his capacity as coordinator [of the Lima Group], Haiti has been officially accepted as a member of the Lima Group," confirmed the Peruvian Government.

Haiti joins the Lima Group to join efforts to reach a peaceful, democratic and constitutional solution in Venezuela, led by the Venezuelans themselves, through free, fair and transparent general elections.

A Latin American diplomat in Washington explained on the Voice of America in a telephone interview that "the entry of Haiti adds one more vote to the countries against the regime of Nicolás Maduro."

Note that the Lima Group was created on August 8, 2017 in Peru is composed of 14 member countries, in order to find a peaceful and negotiated solution to the situation in Venezuela. The member countries of the Lima Group are: Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Venezuela and now Haiti, bringing the number of member countries to 15.

Recall that last September, the Lima Group declared that its member countries "rejected the repeated and successive blockages of the illegitimate and dictatorial regime of Nicolás Maduro in the negotiation processes with the democratic forces and the National Assembly of Venezuela, in order to achieve to a political exit from the serious crisis in this country, by the holding of free, fair and transparent general elections, under international observation."

The members of the Lima Group of countries reiterated "their support for the President in charge Juan Guaidó and the National Assembly, as legitimate and democratically elected authorities, and stressed their desire to achieve a peaceful exit led by the Venezuelans themselves. They remain committed to working closely with the international community and urge other countries to join efforts to achieve this goal."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28733-haiti-flash-12-countries-whose-haiti-invokes-the-treaty-tiar-against-the-regime-of-nicolas-maduro.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26642-haiti-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-threat-of-reprisals-the-countries-of-the-lima-group.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26627-haiti-flash-haiti-votes-against-the-legitimacy-of-the-regime-of-president-nicolas-maduro.html

SL/ HaitiLibre