Portugal's Exterior Minister Luis Amado said on Monday that Portugal is working as a mediator among the Ibero-American countries to achieve a consensus that allows the approval of a joint declaration of the 19th Ibero-American Summit countries on the political situation in Honduras.
"The goal of the Portuguese presidency is to find a common ground about the political situation of Honduras, not only in relation to the recent
elections occurred in the country," Minister Amado told the press.
The minister added that "at the moment the members have very different positions," which may pose some difficulties to achieve the joint
declaration.
Minutes before, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Relations Miguel Angel Moratinos had declared that "Spain neither recognizes nor ignores the elections occurred in Honduras."
"The goal we all share is to achieve a political solution for Honduras," said the head of the Spanish diplomacy, adding that from these
elections will emerge a new actor to dialogue with deposed President Manuel Zelaya.
Additionally, Minister Amado said that, as a mediator, Portugal cannot talk about the elections, since its goal is "to listen to the positions of all involved parties, particularly Honduras' neighboring countries," in order to achieve, by tomorrow, an official position of the summit which is positive for the development of a political and diplomatic process which allows the stabilization of Honduras.