Brazil and Colombia have coordinated diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis that followed the July 28 elections, which the Venezuelan government and opposition say they won. Lula and Petro have asked Venezuelan authorities to release detailed results of the vote.

Lopez Obrador said Tuesday that he would not participate in talks with Brazil and Colombia for now and would await verification of the election results by Venezuela’s electoral and judicial authorities.

“We will wait for the decision of the electoral authorities, because those who went to the elections knew that there are rules or electoral legislation, there are electoral authorities, there is a council, there is a court, so we will wait for the result,” he explained on Wednesday.

Lula and Petro decided to continue negotiations after they were informed of the Mexican president’s resignation, said a Brazilian official, who asked not to be identified to speak freely.

The sources added that the leaders of Brazil and Colombia plan to hold a phone call with their Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez.

Neither Brazil nor Colombia plans to recognise the election results or Maduro’s victory until the full vote count is published, Brazilian sources said. (Reuters)