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Argentina insists on reinstatement of Zelaya
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Argentine government said Thursday that it would urge the international community to apply pressure on Honduras to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power. This petition would be presented at the meetings of Foreign Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean on Integration and Development and the Rio Group, which is being held in Jamaica on Nov. 4-6, according to a communique of the foreign ministry.Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana will talk about the need to keep applying pressure on the de facto Honduran government led by Roberto Micheletti. "We are achieving the goal we set together with the entire international community: to avoid the coup to continue against the constitutional government of President Zelaya," Taiana declared before leaving for Jamaica. "Since the first moment, Argentina and the rest of the international community agreed on requesting Zelaya's restitution, returning to full institutional normality and leaving the coup without effect," Taiana added. Despite mounting international pressure, Zelaya's immediate restitution was discarded Wednesday by the Verification Commission of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement, reached by Zelaya and Micheletti to solve the political crisis. Posted by: Steve White 2009-11-06 |
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