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Brazil warns Honduras to stay away from its embassy

Brazil warns Honduras to stay away from its embassy
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Brazil will not tolerate any hostile actions against its embassy in Honduras where deposed President Manuel Zelaya is holed up, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, September 23 (RIA Novosti) - Brazil will not tolerate any hostile actions against its embassy in Honduras where deposed President Manuel Zelaya is holed up, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said.

Brazil has also requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council citing serious concerns over the current political crisis in Honduras and "the security and the physical integrity of the (Brazilian) embassy premises and personnel."

Zelaya earlier suggested that Honduran police "could even storm the embassy" to arrest him.

The Honduran Foreign Ministry has sent a note to the Brazilian embassy demanding to hand over Zelaya or otherwise be responsible for a possible turmoil in the country, sparked by the ousted president's return.

The ousted president made a dramatic return to Honduras' capital on Monday, taking shelter from arrest at Brazil's embassy and calling for negotiations with the leaders who forced him from the country at gunpoint.

Honduran police on Tuesday used tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of Zelaya's supporters who gathered near the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa despite a government-imposed curfew, which has been extended until Wednesday morning.

Zelaya was bundled out of the country on June 28 by the military, acting on instructions from the Supreme Court and parliament, for his efforts to seek an unconstitutional second presidential term.

He was flown to Costa Rica and has been travelling extensively in an attempt to gather international support. He met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on September 3.

The de facto Honduran leadership has not been recognized internationally.

The U.S. has suspended an economic aid program to help Honduras fight poverty over the interim government's refusal to accept a 12-point plan devised by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. Under the plan, Zelaya would return to his post, while interim leader Roberto Micheletti would return to his pre-coup post of parliamentary speaker.

The plan, known as the San Jose Accord, also offers a full amnesty for those who ousted the president, and suggests holding presidential elections in the country one month earlier than scheduled.

Micheletti refused to accept the proposal and announced that presidential elections would be held in Honduras on November 29 as scheduled, even if the international community refused to recognize them.

 

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