The Government of Panama said that it abstained in the vote on Wednesday at the OAS to convene the Consultative Body of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR), since it "contemplates the possibility of the use of the armed force in Venezuela  reports TVN.

"Panama, consistent with its tradition and its history, considers that a military intervention is not the most appropriate way to solve an internal political crisis, which is why it abstained from voting," the Panamanian Foreign Ministry said in an official statement.

Twelve countries of the American continent took on  Wednesday,  a first step in activating the TIAR in a session in the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), considering that the "crisis" in Venezuela represents "a clear threat to peace and security "in the region.

The twelve nations that supported the TIAR (a kind of American NATO that opens the door to military intervention) are: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, USA, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Paraguay, Dominican Republic and Venezuela, the latter represented by the delegates of the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó.

The  twelve countries decided was to convene a meeting of the foreign ministers of the signatory nations of the TIAR so that, in the second half of  September, at the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, they decide what measures to be taken regarding Venezuela.

The Government of Panama said in its official letter that "it will participate in the ministerial meeting of this Organ of Consultation that will be convened, and will advocate the urgent and urgent need to find a solution to this serious crisis and end the suffering of millions of Venezuelans ".