Meanwhile, mining ministers from both countries began working on a possible route.

This Tuesday, Presidents Gustavo Petro and Daniel Noboa met in Cali (Colombia), during COP16, to discuss the serious energy crisis in Ecuador, a country where power cuts have been carried out for up to 14 hours.

The Ecuadorian government asked Petro to resume energy exports and the Colombian government is studying the possibility.

Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo provided details of the bilateral meeting and said that the mining ministers of both countries would begin working on a possible solution to the energy crisis starting October 30.

It would be analyzed whether or not Colombia can sell energy due to the low level of the reservoirs, especially those in Bogotá.

“There are some aspects that have to do with the review of the possibility of continuing with the energy sales agreement. Some requests were made, there are some regulatory arrangements that can serve to ensure a more fluid exchange, but there are also some limitations that we have,” Murillo said.

According to the Colombian Foreign Minister, during the meeting between Petro and Noboa, the possibility of launching a strategy that includes Panama to interconnect the three countries under an energy system was discussed.

“The most important thing is that both presidents agreed that it is important to have a long-term strategy for electrical and energy interconnection and to be able to look at future generation projects,” Murillo said.

The scenario seems far away, in any case, since President Petro has insisted that the situation of the reservoirs in Bogotá is critical and that the supply in the coffee-producing country could be put at risk.

Noboa, for his part, has made it clear that Colombia should support them and that President Petro's speeches on solidarity and cooperation between the nations of Latin America and the global south must be reflected in concrete actions.