Brazilian And Colombian Presidents Will Discuss Venezuelan Crisis After The Election That Ended In Riots

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro/PHOTO via Instagram @nicolasmaduro

JAKARTA - Presidents of Brazil and Colombia will discuss options to negotiate an end to Venezuela's crisis by phone call.

A telephone conversation involving Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Gustavo Petro was decided after Mexican Presidentulty Manuel L▁gagasanpez Obrador withdrew from the three-way presidential initiative in the Venezuelan election, a source told Reuters on Wednesday, August 14.

Brazil and Colombia are coordinating their diplomatic efforts to resolve the Venezuelan crisis, which has emerged since the July 28 elections claimed to have been won by the Venezuelan government and its opposition.

Lula and Petro are calling for the issuance of vote count details by Venezuelan authorities.

Amlo from Mexico said on Tuesday he would not participate in talks with Brazil and Colombia for now and would wait for a review of the Venezuelan Supreme Court in the election.

Lula and Petro decided to continue negotiations after they were notified of the resignation of the Mexican president, said one Brazilian official, who asked not to be named.

Brazilian and Colombian presidents plan to arrange a telephone conversation between Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition candidateruno Gonzalez, the source said.

Neither Brazil nor Colombia plan to recognize the election results nor Maduro's victory until the vote count is fully published, sources in Brazil said.