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Honduran talks fail to resume over
reinstating Zelaya
TEGUCIGALPA - Talks to
seek a solution to the post-coup crisis in
Honduras failed to move ahead on Sunday
after coming into a halt on Friday.
"No meetings are planned with our
counterparts for the moment," said Victor
Meza, who heads the negotiating team of
ousted president Manuel Zelaya.
Negotiators for Zelaya and interim President
Roberto Micheletti had appeared close to a
deal earlier this week but failed after the
Micheletti side spurned a proposal to allow
legislators to vote on whether Zelaya could
return to power.
They offered a counterproposal calling for
the Supreme Court to decide on the matter,
an idea immediately rejected by Zelaya.
Meza said his negotiating team would not
meet the other side until they put forward
what he called "a serious proposal, worthy
of round table talks."
Zelaya's foreign minister, Patricia Rodas,
told a meeting in Bolivia that the talks had
collapsed because of Micheletti's refusal to
accept Zelaya's return to power.
However, Zelaya said he would give
negotiators until Monday to break the
impasse.
"The dialogue is in a moment of suspense ...
until the other side adopts a reasonable
stance," Zelaya said.
"Although we have not agreed on any point,
we are happy to be part of this dialogue,"
said Martha Lorena Alvarado, deputy foreign
minister of the post-coup government.
She described the dialogue as positive,
saying they would continue the negotiation
on seeking a solution to the crisis.
The latest round of talks began last week
when diplomats from mediating countries flew
to Honduras and made clear that Zelaya's
reinstatement was the only way for the
Central American country to regain
international recognition.
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