Parliamentarians of Colombia asked President Álvaro Uribe on Monday to file charges against the Venezuelan government with international organizations for spying ex consul general in Maracaibo (the capital city of western Zulia state) Carlos Galvis, who was recalled as a dispute arose with Caracas.

Last Sunday, Bogotá decided to recall Galvis at the request of Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez for making comments on the results of the Venezuelan election for state governors and mayors. However, the Colombian government planned to issue an official notice to express disappointment for the recording of a telephone conversation between the ex consul and an advisor to President Uribe, AFP quoted.

"We are asking the government to file a complaint at international organizations, the UN (United Nations), the OAS (Organization of American States), to punish such a spying action of Hugo Chávez's administration as they ordered to tap telephone conversations of a Colombian diplomat," said Senator Jairo Clopatofski.