Honduran President-elect Porfirio Lobo Sosa said Thursday that ousted President Manuel Zelaya should be allowed to leave the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, where he has stayed since Sept. 21.
"Why he has to be in the embassy of Brazil. I think that is not right," Lobo said, adding that he has been negotiating for Zelaya to be allowed to
leave" the embassy.
However, Zelaya and the de facto foreign ministry have yet to reach an agreement.
"They should reach an agreement, former President Zelaya should accept and the national authorities should allow him to leave the embassy," Lobo said.
Lobo said he talked by phone with Zelaya last week, when the deposed president was trying to leave the country for Mexico but his request was
rejected by the de facto government because he refused to sign a document saying he was no longer president.
Lobo, elected on Nov. 29, met with visiting Salvadorian President Antonio Saca on Thursday.