BRASILIA, Feb. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The Brazilian Defense and ForeignMinistries have decided to send an Air Force plane to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to rescue Brazilians willing to return to the country.

    Local press said Friday that the plane would carry naval musketeers to guarantee the security of Ambassador Armando Cardosoand diplomatic staff.

    Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim told the press that he had asked Brazilian Ambassador to the United Nations Ronaldo Sardenberg to stand for the sending of a peace force "under the blessing of the United Nations."

    He said however that it had not yet been decided if his countrywould send soldiers for an eventual peacekeeping mission.

    "The situation is serious and worrying because Haitian paramilitary actions escalate and this demands quick attitudes, even though we have always defended constructive dialogue," local daily O Globo quoted Amorim as saying.

    The Group of Rio chaired by Brazil on Wednesday supported President Jean-Bertrand Arisitide's staying in power and backed the Caribbean Community and Common Market's (CARICOM) proposal on finding a peaceful solution to the crisis. The bloc suggested thatAristide should call elections in the first half of the year and set up a transitional government in agreement with the opposition.

    An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was called Thursday in New York to seek a solution to the crisis. Enditem