Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday offered help to his Peruvian counterpart Alan García, so he can reopen dialogue with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in an effort to mend impaired relations between Peru and Venezuela, reported Reuters.

Lula made the offer at the end of a meeting with García in Brasilia, according to a source in the Brazilian government.

The source added that Brazil realizes that reopening a dialogue between both presidents is a difficult task and would take some time, since the confrontation between García and Chávez included personal insults.

Chávez and García railed at each other during Peru's electoral campaign, with Chávez backing openly defeated candidate Ollanta Humala.