An attempt to resolve the political crisis in the Honduras took place this week. On Tuesday (October 6), four European Union parliament members visited the ousted President Manuel Zelaya in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.

An unidentified E.U. commissioner from Spain said a negotiated agreement was needed.

[Unidentified E.U. Commissioner from Spain]:
"The European Union has a dialogue and cooperation agreement with all of Central America. We are at the process of negotiating an agreement that is currently paralyzed because of the Honduran crisis and our desire is that the Honduran crisis is resolved in a peaceful manner, in a negotiated settlement, so that this country can progress and advance like we do.”

Foreign ministers and diplomats from the Organization of American States (OAS) will arrive in the country this week to oversee a meeting between representatives of Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti, the de facto leader who took power after June 28.

Zelaya was worried that he was starting to lose support from the OAS and that they should be more firm with their position.

[Manual Zelaya, Ousted Honduran President]:
"I believe that the OAS should clarify its position, because if it is their strategy to be soft using a soft touch with the regime and very complacent with the regime, they should clarify their position. It seems to me that in the last few hours after the Arias plan was abandoned by them (OAS), not us, their position was very complacent with the dictators."

Talks are to center on the San Jose agreement drafted by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias when he mediated earlier in the crisis. The document calls for Zelaya's reinstatement and a unity government until the November 29 elections.
 
Tensions flared when Zelaya slipped back into Honduras two weeks ago. Since then, he has been trapped in the Brazilian embassy and guarded by soldiers. Micheletti wants Zelaya to stand trial.