OAS president "not welcome" in Honduras: Micheletti

[Judi Lynn]

OAS president "not welcome" in Honduras: Micheletti
2009-08-14 20:30:24

MANAGUA, Aug. 13, (Xinhua) -- A plan for Organization of American States (OAS) secretary general Jose Miguel Insulza to visit Honduras met resistance from de facto Honduran president Roberto Micheletti on Thursday.

Micheletti told a press conference in Tegucigalpa that the Honduran interim government had written to the OAS and Insulza, saying Insulza would not be welcome because he "maliciously plotted" for the OAS to suspend membership of Honduras and he "had no reason" to meddle in Honduran affairs.

The Honduran interim government sent a delegate to the Washington-based OAS headquarters to consult over the OAS mediation issue. According to the original schedule, Insulza would lead a mediation mission to Honduras. However, the interim government said Insulza would be required to visit as an observer.

Ousted president Manuel Zelaya has maintained that he hasn't resigned, and he will return to Honduras as the legal president. The OAS suspended membership of Honduras on July 4, however, the Honduran issue has shown no sign of abating.

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