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The Foreign Ministers of Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Uruguay, signed a joint declaration rejecting the Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressed in a letter to Foreign Minister Dymitro Kubala their great solidarity with the People and Government of Ukraine, given the serious situation that their country is going through.
“Our governments are permanently following recent events with great concern, and we trust that very soon, dialogue and diplomatic negotiation will allow us to reach a lasting solution for the reestablishment of normality in your nation, as well as for regional and world stability.”says the text.
In the letter, express their concern to protect the safety and personal integrity of Latin American and Caribbean nationalss who are in Ukraine and ask that the Zelensky government allow all these families to leave the Ukrainian territory. “The understanding and valuable collaboration of his government at this time will help us coordinate an orderly and safe departure of a large number of Latin American and Caribbean people who have found a welcome in Ukraine, and a country of opportunities for them and their families” .
Carlos Alberto Franco França, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil; Carolina Valdivia Torres, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile; Rodolfo Solano Quirós, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica; Juan Carlos Holguín, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador; Mario Adolfo Búcaro, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala; Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Jamaica, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Érika Mouynes, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama; Euclides Acevedo Candia, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay; César Landa Arroyo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru; Roberto Álvarez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic; Albert Ramchand Ramdin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Suriname; Amery Browne, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Caricom Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago; Francisco Bustillo Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.
Russian forces have pushed into Ukraine from the north, east and south since they began their invasion on February 24, but have met intense resistance from Ukrainian troops that has likely caught Moscow by surprise, according to Western sources.
The apparent Russian plan to quickly seize the two largest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv, has faltered due to “creative” resistance from Ukrainian troops and the Russians’ own fuel and logistical support problems, according to the Pentagon. In fact, the main Russian force remains stalled some 30 kilometers north of the capital, which remains in Ukrainian hands despite nightly gunfights.
A US official, speaking anonymously to reporters in Washington, told AFP that Russia had now deployed about two-thirds of the 150,000-strong fighting force it had positioned on Ukraine’s borders.
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