Oscar Arias Calling For Both Sides In
Honduras Conflict To Return To Dialogue;
Keep The Conflict Within Its Borders
Costa Rican president and mediator to the
Honduras crisis, Oscar Arias, noted the need
to prevent the fight between Manuel Zelaya
and Roberto Micheletti to trigger an
international political conflict.
"It (the conflict) has to be kept within the
borders of Honduras and that means back to
dialogue within the San José accord. If not,
what is left? Nothing", said Arias who fears
that since there is no plan B, the situation
will escalate to more violence and
bloodshed, that will certainly be harder to
extinguish.
Arias on Monday saw the return of Zelaya to
Tegucigalpa together with United States
Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, while
visiting Washington.
Zelaya is in the Brazilian embassy in
Tegucigalpa, while the government of Roberto
Micheletti is asking the government of
Brazil to hand him over to face criminal
charges.
A curfew was established until 6pm today and
a 3 kilometre wide security ring has been
placed around the embassy as police and
military clashed with Zelaya supporters.
Reports indicate a number of police officers
were injured during the confrontation and
hundreds of Honduras detained for being
disorderly. There is a strong possibility
that the Honduras military may storm the
embassy since Zelaya has not asked for or
granted asylum.
A report from an Associated Press reported
inside the Brazilian embassy says that
water, electrical and telephone services
have been cut to the embassy and that it is
now running on power by a diesel generator.
Arias has not, nor will he give up on the
possibility of the parties returning to
dialogue, speaking this morning with Carlos
Lopéz, the Micheletti appointed chancellor
of the need to return to the table and the
need to compromise. |
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