WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Diplomats Friday urged Haiti's embattled president to accept a peace plan for the strife-torn Caribbean nation, the State Department said.
Deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said Jim Foley, the U.S. ambassador in Port-au-Prince, along with the ambassador from the Bahamas representing the Caribbean Community and the Organization of American States, the Canadian ambassador, as well as envoys from France and Germany representing the European Union, presented a plan for political reform and a return to the rule of law.
The group was due to meet with the opposition Friday afternoon.
On Saturday, an international mission will travel to Haiti to meet with President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the opposition. The U.S. representative will be Roger Noriega, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs. He will be joined by diplomats from Canada, France, the OAS and CARICOM.
The 49-nation Francophonie and the European Union will be represented by their resident ambassadors in Port-au-Prince.
