MEXICO CITY (AP) – The European Union’s top diplomat said Saturday that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro still “has not provided the necessary public evidence” to prove he was the winner of the July election, days after the country’s top court upheld the government’s disputed claims of victory.

The bloc joined a number of other Latin American countries and the United States in rejecting the Venezuelan Supreme Court’s certification. Authorities repeated calls for Maduro to release the election official tally sheetconsidered the only verifiable vote count in Venezuela because they are nearly impossible to replicate.

“Only complete and independently verifiable results will be accepted and recognized,” EU High Representative Josep Borrell said in a statement.

Borrell’s comments came as the leaders of Brazil and Colombia also called for the figures to be released, saying on Saturday that “the credibility of the electoral process can only be restored through the transparent publication of disaggregated and verifiable data.”

The joint statement by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Colombian President Gustavo Petro stopped short of rejecting the court certificate. Many had been waiting to see how the two leftist leaders would respond before the court because both are close allies of Maduro and have worked to facilitate talks with both sides.

Maduro claims he won the presidential vote, but has so far refused to release the details. Meanwhile, the main opposition coalition has accused Maduro of trying to steal the vote.

Opposition volunteers managed to collect copies of vote tallies from 80% of the 30,000 polling booths across the country showing former opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez won by more than a 2-1 margin. The Supreme Court and other government entities alleged that these agreements were falsified.

The Venezuelan government rejected Borrell’s statements, calling them “interventionist”. Its foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the “continued lack of respect” for Venezuela’s sovereignty by the EU could “significantly affect diplomatic, political and economic relations.”

Lula and Petro said they were “taking note” of the court’s decision, but added that they were still waiting for the figures to be released.

The Brazilian and Colombian leaders also urged actors in Venezuela to “avoid resorting to acts of violence and repression” as security forces arrested more than 2,000 people and cracked down on demonstrations that spontaneously erupted across the country protesting the results. But the two leaders did not directly accuse the Maduro government of carrying out the violence.

The arrests have once again spread fear in a country that has seen other government crackdowns during previous times of political unrest.

Meanwhile, key opposition figure Maria Corina Machado has since gone into hiding and the government said on Friday it will order González to give sworn testimony in an ongoing investigation, claiming he was part of an attempt to spread panic by disputing the results of the choice.

Both Lula and Petro have previously been criticized for what some say have been soft policies toward Maduro’s government, but their tone has hardened in recent months, particularly in the wake of the election fallout.

Their two countries are neighbors of Venezuela and their governments would witness agreements struck between Maduro and the opposition aimed at charting the path to free and fair elections, which the opposition and other observers accused Maduro of violating. The two leaders reiterated their willingness to facilitate dialogue between the government and the opposition.

“The political normalization of Venezuela requires the recognition that there is no lasting alternative to peaceful dialogue and democratic coexistence,” the statement said.