Zelaya gets safe passage to leave Honduras
Published:Thursday | January 21, 2010 | 9:25 AM
Honduras\' President-elect, Porfirio Lobo has offered the country\'s ousted leader, Manuel Zelaya safe passage to the Dominican Republic.
Officials say the deal was agreed by Mr. Lobo and Dominican President Leonel Fernandez in Santo Domingo yesterday.
Under the agreement, Mr. Zelaya will go to the Dominican Republic after Mr. Lobo takes office on January 27.
Zelaya was ousted and forced into exile in June last year.
He later returned and has since been staying at the Brazilian embassy.
The ousted Honduran leader refused to leave the embassy after the interim government said that he would be arrested.