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The presidents of Brazil and Colombia will discuss negotiated options to end the Venezuelan crisis in a phone call on Wednesday. Reuters Two sources involved in the negotiations.
The call, in which Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Gustavo Petro will take part, was decided after Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador withdrew from a tripartite presidential initiative on Venezuela’s disputed elections, the sources said.
Brazil and Colombia are coordinating diplomatic efforts to resolve a crisis sparked by the July 28 election, which both the Venezuelan government and opposition claimed victory. Lula and Petro Petro have asked Venezuelan authorities to release detailed results of the vote.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, better known as Amelotti, said on Tuesday he would not take part in talks with Brazil and Colombia for now as he awaits a review of the election by Venezuelan electoral and judicial authorities.
“We will wait for the electoral body to make a decision because those who participated in the election know that there are rules or electoral legislation and there is an electoral body, there is a council, there is a court, so we wait for the results,” he explained on Wednesday.
Lula and Petro decided to continue negotiations after learning that the Mexican president had withdrawn, said a Brazilian official, who asked not to be named so he could speak freely.
The Brazilian and Colombian leaders plan to arrange telephone conversations with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, the source added.
Brazilian sources detailed that both Brazil and Colombia plan to recognize the election results or Maduro’s victory before all votes are counted.
The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs convened a special meeting of the Advisory Council on Foreign Relations on August 21. Presumably, Colombian officials could study Venezuela’s position.
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