Honduras leader vows to end exile
Published:Thursday | July 23, 2009 | 3:29 PM
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he will return from Nicaragua to Honduras tomorrow, after mediation talks failed to produce a breakthrough, according to a report on www.news.bbc.co.uk.
The negotiations brokered by Costa Rica aimed to find a way to reach agreement between Mr. Zelaya and the interim government to allow his return.
Speaking in neighbouring Nicaragua yesterday, Mr. Zelaya said this time he would head to the border and return home by land.
\"I will go back unarmed, pacifically so that Honduras can return to peace and tranquillity,\" Mr. Zelaya said. \"My wife and children will accompany me.\"
The ousted leader was speaking after delegations from the two sides attended talks in Costa Rica mediated by President Oscar Arias.
Mr Arias produced a detailed plan to facilitate Mr. Zelaya\'s return, which include a number of proposals including for Zelaya to return to the presidency on Friday and serve out his term, which ends in January 2010.
President Arias, a Nobel peace laureate, said this was his third and final attempt to mediate a peaceful solution.
Delegates of the interim government reiterated they would not reinstate Mr. Zelaya as president but said they would present the Arias plan to Congress.