Diplomats leave Honduras with crisis unresolved

Diplomats pushed the two sides of the Honduran political conflict into direct talks for the first time in nearly three months, but left the country with no commitment from the coup-installed government to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Members of the delegation sponsored by the Organisation of American States characterised the result of their one-day visit – the establishment of a “table of dialogue” and an agenda for the talks – as a positive step even though the rivals appeared as far apart as ever.