US backs high-stakes Honduras mission
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States on Monday strongly backed a seven-nation mission aimed at ending Honduras' political crisis, saying it supplied an aircraft that took the delegation to the Central American nation.
The head of the Organization of American States, Jose Miguel Insulza, flew to Honduras with seven foreign ministers to persuade the post-coup government to accept a proposal to reinstall ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
"We firmly support their visit," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters.
"We continue to believe that the Honduran people deserve a peaceful negotiated agreement to which all parties can commit, and that this accord presents the best opportunity," he said.
Kelly said the US government, responding to the mission's request, provided a C-17 aircraft to fly the delegation from Miami to an airbase near the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.
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