\u201cGiven the high increase in the flow of migrants from Venezuela to regional countries, we ask for a substantial increase in the technical and financial cooperation of neighboring states and international organizations,\u201d they said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n
The regional block also asked Venezuelan authorities to provide their citizens with travel documents to facilitate their mobility across the continent.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe exhort the Venezuelan government to take urgent actions to provide the needed identification and travel documents to its citizens such as ID cards, passports and birth certificates,\u201d they stated.<\/p>\n
Thirteen regional countries joined in the two-day summit that took place in Quito, Ecuador on Sept. 3 and 4 to address the migrant crisis and coordinate a regional response.<\/p>\n
The joint declaration was signed by all present countries — Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay — except Bolivia, which politically supports the Venezuelan government, and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n
Other countries allied to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declined to take part in the summit such as Cuba and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n
Although migrant quotas were part of the discussions, the summit — a \u201ctechnical meeting\u201d in the words of Santiago Chavez, Ecuador\u2019s deputy minister of human mobility, who hosted the gathering — did not produce any binding commitments for the participating countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have found focal points regarding human rights protection and security,\u201d Chavez said after the summit ended.<\/p>\n
Another regional meeting, this time under the leadership of the Organization of American States, is expected to again address the matter on Sept. 5.<\/p>\n
Since 2015, 1.6 million Venezuelans have chosen to flee the country due to shortages of basic necessities and hyperinflation, flooding its Latin American neighbors such as Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.<\/p>\n
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