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TEGUCIGALPA: Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Thursday set a midnight deadline for his return to office, or he will withdraw from talks with the de facto government, his chief negotiator said.
"If by 12:00 midnight (0600 GMT Friday) we haven't received an answer from (de facto leader Roberto) Micheletti's delegation, we'll consider the dialogue terminated," Zelaya's chief negotiator Victor Meza said after meeting behind closed doors with Micheletti's top negotiator.
Meza said he asked Micheletti's people to comply with the Organisation of American States' urging on Wednesday that Zelaya be reinstated.
"We're not prepared to allow the putschist regime to use the talks as a tool to delay a solution, to postpone a way out of the crisis, to play for time. The dictatorship is stealing time from the Honduran democracy," he added.
Ousted in a military-led coup on June 28, Zelaya has been holed up in the Brazilian embassy here since he returned to the country last month.
Talks between the two sides stalled earlier this week on the issue of Zelaya's return to office before elections scheduled for November 29.
They resumed earlier Thursday with a new proposal from the Micheletti regime, details of which were not provided.
International observers have threatened not to recognise the November polls if Zelaya is not reinstated beforehand.
Zelaya placed a Friday deadline on the talks last week, which went by without consequence.
- AFP/so
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