Jamaica’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson, reported Wednesday that three members of the Caribbean Community’s (Caricom) Eminent Personalities Group (EPG) have traveled to Haiti to help resolve the crisis in which the Caribbean state lives.
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In an intervention before the press, the Jamaican official said former St. Lucian Prime Minister Kenny Anthony, Jamaican Bruce Golding and Bahamas Perry Christie will hold exchanges with the Haiti government and other parties to the conflict.
The three officials will spend the next three days in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, trying to negotiate with the parties.
The CARICOM Eminent Persons Groups (EPG) has arrived #Haiti Today, Wednesday 12th July, on a follow-up mission to the stakeholder meeting held in Jamaica last June.
See Arrival Declaration: https://t.co/eDpELSRwq9 pic.twitter.com/PuOoP7wTA8— CARICOM: Caribbean Community (@CARICOMorg)
July 13, 2023
The EPG works with a group of technical experts in mediation, security and political investigations to facilitate negotiations between the parties.
Likewise, this group will begin providing Caricom support for and oversee security, governance, the electoral process and other tasks needed to improve the political landscape.
This facility also acts as a link for partners and international organizations involved in conflict mediation.