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(CNN)<\/b> — Venezuela’s president has spoken with embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi about a proposal to bring an international mediation team to Libya, Venezuela’s information minister confirmed Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The two leaders conversed Tuesday, Minister Andrez Izarra said in a post on his Twitter account.<\/p>\n
“All the contacts that Venezuela is making with the Arab world and the entire world is for peace in Libya. Tomorrow new developments,” the tweet read.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the United States’ criticisms of Gadhafi had a clear aim: military invasion.<\/p>\n
“Let’s not get carried away by the drums of war, because the United States, I am sure that they are exaggerating and distorting things to justify an invasion,” Chavez said Monday, according to Venezuelan state media.<\/p>\n
The United States has said all options are on the table.<\/p>\n
Speaking in Caracas Monday, Chavez proposed sending an international committee to Libya to mediate and help develop a peaceful solution to unrest in the North African country.<\/p>\n
“Instead of sending marines and tanks and planes, why don’t we send a goodwill commission to try to help so that they do not continue killing in Libya? They are our brothers,” he said in a speech televised on the government-run network.<\/p>\n
Chavez and Gadhafi have a close relationship, having bonded partly over shared opposition to U.S. global influence.<\/p>\n
At a lavish Tripoli celebration commemorating 40 years of Gadhafi’s leadership in 2009, the two leaders sat side-by-side during a two-hour military parade. That same year, a new football stadium in Benghazi was named after the Venezuelan leader.<\/p>\n
As rumors swirled about Gadhafi and his whereabouts last week, some suggested that he may be en route to Venezuela. Those reports proved to be false; the Libyan leader later spoke publicly in his country’s capital.<\/p>\n
But the close ties between the two leaders remain strong. On Monday, Chavez said Gadhafi “has been my friend and our friend for a long time” in remarks broadcast on Venezuelan state television.<\/p>\n
“We must be cautious. We know what our policy is: we do not support invasions, or massacres, or anything, no matter who does it. But there is no doubt that, regarding Libya, a campaign of lies is being woven — the same that has been woven about Venezuela for a long time,” he said.<\/p>\n
The U.N. Security Council over the weekend voted for tough restrictions and possible war crimes charges against the Libyan regime.<\/p>\n
CNN’s Nelson Quinones and journalist Osmary Hernandez Sosa contributed to this report.<\/b><\/p>\n
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