The Lima group urged the Venezuelan armed forces to guarantee the entry and transit of humanitarian aid

In the text, the bloc countries believe that it is "imperative that access to humanitarian aid be guaranteed to meet the urgent needs of Venezuelans". To get, "call on the UN and its agencies and the international community to be ready to provide humanitarian badistance to the people of this country "and urge the national armed forces not to prevent the entry and transit of the country. Humanitarian aid Venezuelans.

In the document, they state that "dialogue initiatives propelled by various international actors have been manipulated by the Maduro regime, turning them into delaying tactics to perpetuate themselves in power ". And they add that "any political or diplomatic initiative developed must aim to support the constitutional road map presented by the National Assembly and the President in charge, Juan Guaidó".

The block, in addition, asks members of the international community "to prevent the Maduro regime from conducting financial and commercial transactions abroad, which has access to Venezuela's international badets and can do business in oil, gold or other badets. "

The bloc renewed its support for Guaidó, as interim president of Venezuela, worried about the brutal repression of the regime, the increase in the number of political prisoners and censorship, and asked that the rest of the international community follow the same path to organize elections. free in Venezuela.

The foreign ministers of the 14 founding members of the Lima group, with the exception of Mexico, attended the meeting. After the arrival of Andrés Manuel López Obrador as President of the country, he moved away from the group in his position vis-à-vis Venezuela. United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo spoke via teleconference from Washington.

Also present were representatives from the European Union (EU), France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as from the United Kingdom. Julio Borges, president of the party Primero Justicia of Venezuela and representative of Guaidó within the group of Lima.

The full text of the Lima Group statement in Ottawa: