Honduran talks fail to resume over reinstating Zelaya

TEGUCIGALPA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Talks to seek a solution to the post-coup crisis in Honduras failed to move ahead on Sunday after coming into a halt on Friday.

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya (R) talks with secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) Jose Miguel Insulza inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Oct. 7, 2009. (Xinhua/ File Photo)

"No meetings are planned with our counterparts for the moment," said Victor Meza, who heads the negotiating team of ousted president Manuel Zelaya.

Negotiators for Zelaya and interim President Roberto Micheletti had appeared close to a deal earlier this week but failed after the Micheletti side spurned a proposal to allow legislators to vote on whether Zelaya could return to power.

They offered a counterproposal calling for the Supreme Court to decide on the matter, an idea immediately rejected by Zelaya.