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Diplomats leave; talks go on in Honduras crisis
Diplomats pushed the two sides of the Honduran political conflict into direct talks for the first time in nearly three months, but left the country Thursday with no commitment from the coup-installed government to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
Members of the delegation sponsored by the Organization of American States characterized the result of their one-day visit–the establishment of a "table of dialogue" and an agenda for the talks–as a positive step even though the rivals appeared as far apart as ever.
Costa Rican Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno said representatives of Zelaya and the government of interim President Roberto Micheletti agreed to discuss the main international proposal for resolving the crisis and will have "logistical" support from OAS staff left behind.
Any resolution, however, will be in their hands.