The Organization of American States (OAS) called on Bolivian President Evo Morales and opposition governors on Tuesday to be more flexible in dialogue to avoid open confrontation.
"The impossible has to be done to avoid confrontation despite current tension," Dante Caputo, OAS's Political Affairs secretary, said at a press conference in La Paz, Bolivia's administrative capital.
"Each side has to give in to accomplish dialogue and understanding," Caputo said.
Caputo is to mediate in the crisis between the government of Bolivia and the country's wealthiest states to try to defuse tensions stemmed from Morales's moves to overhaul the constitution.
Caputo held a meeting on Tuesday with Morales at the government headquarters in La Paz. He also met the Half Moon (Media Luna) opposition governors in southern Tarija province on Monday.
The government and opposition, led by the governors and civil fronts of Santa Cruz, Beni and Pando in the northern Amazonian region and Tarija, as well as Cochabamba and La Paz, continued to disagree on many issues.
The opposition governors rejected the new State Political Constitution approved by the ruling majority without the opposition's participation. They also disagreed on the province's autonomy referendum call.
However, both groups agreed on Bolivia's unity principles, democracy and the need to safeguard Bolivia's national peace, Caputo said, adding that the OAS is willing to mediate.
Source:Xinhua
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