**Ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya is due to meet his elected successor, Porfirio Lobo, in the Dominican Republic, its president says.**President Leonel Fernandez said he expected the two men to meet on Monday.
Mr Zelaya remains under siege in the Brazilian embassy in Honduras following his return to the country in September.
He has refused to accept the election of Mr Lobo as his successor, demanding that he return to office to serve out the last remaining weeks of his term.
But Congress in Honduras voted overwhelmingly against allowing him to do so, something Mr Zelaya has said “ratifies the coup”.
Mr Zelaya’s term is due to end on 27 January,
He was forced into exile on 28 June after trying to hold a vote on whether a constituent assembly should be set up to look at rewriting the constitution.
His critics said the vote, which was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, aimed to remove the current one-term limit on serving as president and pave the way for his possible re-election.
Mr Zelaya has repeatedly denied this and pointed out that it would have been impossible to change the constitution before his term in office was up.