Brazil Will Explain
its Position on Honduras
BRASILIA - Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso
Amorim pointed out that the case of Honduras
is not in the agenda of the Summit of the
Rio Group next week in Cancun, Mexico, but
if the issue arises, Brazil will explain its
position.
"We feel we have to see what will happen
with national reconciliation, with the
treatment of President Zelaya," Amorim told
Prensa Latina upon leaving a seminar with
participants of international delegations
attending the fourth Congress of the Workers
Party (PT), in the government.
Answering other reporters the minister said
that the position of Brazil is well known if
a dialogue with Honduran President Jose
Manuel Zelaya and the de facto government
had had a different result.
In June 28, 2009, a military coup overthrew
Zelaya and even forced him out of the
country until he returned on September 21
and took refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in
Tegucigalpa. Several attempts for a dialogue
with the de facto government failed and
Zelaya was not returned to his post.
With respect to the new government in
Honduras, Amorim said that the elections
were not held with Zelaya in the presidency
as it should have rightfully been and,
unfortunately, this did not occur, the
minister indicated.
Now, he explained, there is a movement for
national reconciliation adding that it is
important that these actions be completed.
"It all depends on the evolution of the
situation," he commented.
The issue is not about recognition of
Porfirio Jose Lobo, but of the type of
reaction that we wish his government has.
This, he assured, will depend on the
evolution of national reconciliation in
Honduras, on its effect in the Central
American region where there are countries
with which Brazil has a great affinity and
we must take that in consideration."
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