International diplomats who have threatened and isolated Honduras' coup-spawned government said today they would travel to Honduras in an attempt to persuade the interim leaders to restore the president they ousted, according to AP. It was a difficult balance for the Washington-based Organization of American States, which has taken the lead in international efforts to reverse the military overthrow of President Manuel Zelaya: It needs to engage the interim government to get Zelaya back, but can't be seen as compromising with a government it doesn't recognize. OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza was planning to travel to Honduras on Friday, possibly accompanied by foreign ministers from the region, his deputy Albert Ramdin told The Associated Press. «We are not going to negotiate,» he said in an interview on the sidelines of a Caribbean summit in Guyana. «We want to see a return of President Zelaya on safe and unconditional circumstances back to the country to resume his position,» he said. «After that, they can discuss through dialogue whatever differences there are domestically.»
