Honduran interim leader: No meeting with ousted Zelaya

Interim President Roberto Micheletti told The Associated Press in an interview late Friday that the final decision would be up to the courts to make.

As for him, he said that at least for the moment he won't negotiate face-to-face with Zelaya.

Micheletti positions underscored the total lack of progress the two sides have made in resolving Honduras' political crisis in the five days since Zelaya secretly returned to the country, demanding to be reinstated.

Asked under what circumstances Zelaya could leave the Brazilian Embassy where he took refuge after sneaking into the country Monday, Micheletti replied, "either through political asylum or by obeying the courts."

Micheletti has insisted that if Zelaya stays in the country, he must turn himself over to face charges of treason and abuse of authority for repeatedly ignoring court orders to drop plans for a referendum on rewriting the constitution — the issue that sparked the coup.

Zelaya has said he has no intention of leaving Honduras — or abandoning the office to which he was elected.