**Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has issued an “ultimatum” to the interim government in Tegucigalpa.**Mr Zelaya said he would consider that the dialogue had failed if the interim government did not agree to reinstate him at mediation talks later this week.
Mr Zelaya was ousted and forced out of Honduras at gunpoint on 28 June.
The crisis erupted after he tried to hold a non-binding public consultation to ask people whether they supported moves to change the constitution.
Jet blocked
Mr Zelaya was speaking at a news conference in Nicaragua’s capital Managua ahead of the mediation talks in Costa Rica.
The interim government of Roberto Micheletti has so far made no public comments.
Mr Zelaya’s opponents say his plan to hold the public consultation on the constitution could have led to the removal of the current one-term limit on presidents and so paved the way for his possible re-election.
Mr Zelaya’s attempt to fly back to Honduras failed earlier this month when the authorities blocked the runway at Tegucigalpa airport.
At least one supporter of of the ousted leader has been killed in clashes.