White House: Honduran president should return

by AP

Posted: 06.30.2009 at 3:02 PM

Read more: National, International, Politics, President, Honduras, Thomas Shannon, Diplomat, Zelaya

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States said Tuesday it saw no acceptable solution to the ouster of the president of Honduras other than returning him to power.

The comments came as Honduran President Manuel Zelaya planned to travel to Washington for a special gathering of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States. Thomas Shannon, the top U.S. diplomat for the Americas, planned to meet with Zelaya on Tuesday.

State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters that the United States was still reviewing whether to cut off aid to Honduras. Zelaya was forced into exile after soldiers stormed his palace Sunday.

The United Nations on Tuesday condemned the military coup that ousted Zelaya and adopted a resolution calling on all 192 U.N. member states not to recognize any government in Honduras other than Zelaya's.

At the White House, press secretary Robert Gibbs said there are no plans to recall the U.S. ambassador to Honduras.

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