Several regional leaders, headed by CARICOM Chairman Dr Irfaan Ali and host Prime Minister Andrew Holness, along with other senior officials, will meet in Jamaica today for high level talks surrounding the current security and humanitarian situation in neighbouring Haiti.
They are scheduled to begin the meeting at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in St Andrew.
The United States, France, Canada, the United Nations and Brazil have also been invited to the meeting.
Members of the media will be allowed to cover opening statements for the meeting on Haiti as well as the closing press conference.
It's not clear whether Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry will be in Jamaica for the meeting.
Dr Henry, has been in Puerto Rico since last week, unable to enter his country after having travelled from Kenya.
It was in Kenya that he signed an agreement allowing for a United Nations Security Council sanctioned international force, led by that African country, to restore peace and security in Haiti.
US Congressional pressure
Meanwhile, US Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus McCormick as and the Co-Chairs of the Haiti Caucus, are urging their colleagues to join the Biden administration and the international community in urgently funding aid to restore security in Haiti.
In a statement, the US legislators said the time had come for Prime Minister Ariel Henry to do what is right for the Haitian people.
The legislators say Mr Henry should not return to Haiti, and he should immediately hand over power to a transitional consensus government.
They say it is crucial that all parties in Haiti urgently put aside their differences and form a transitional government that does not include Ariel Henry, criminals and or associated organizations.
The US legislators say personal ambitions are not worth the blood of innocent Haitian lives.
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