Nicaragua has refused to grant the Honduran coup leader, Roberto Micheletti, permission to fly over its territories into Costa Rica.
65-year-old Micheletti, Honduras’ former congressional leader who swept into power in a military-sponsored overthrow of the government, is due to meet Manuel Zelaya, the banished leader of the Central American state on Thursday, for talks on the power struggle between the two rivals.
According to AFP news agency, Nicaragua declared on Wednesday it would not allow the Honduran Air Force to carry the interim president to Costa Rica via its airspace.
However, the move does not appear to have undermined Micheletti’s trip to the San Jose summit as media cited his alacrity to engage in the discussions meant ‘to restore peace and maintain democracy in Honduras’.
The two-day Costa Rica-brokered peace talks will take place without a tête-à-tête meeting between Micheletti and the exiled Zelaya.
Honduran coup leaders accuse the deposed president of far-left policies that ‘threatened’ the interests of the country – - a charge Zelaya denies.
Zelaya’s ouster came about two weeks ago after he proposed new constitutional amendments that would allow for his second re-run in the presidential election.
The international community has condemned the coup in the capital Tegucigalpa which has also prompted the Organization of American States (OAS) to suspend the country’s membership.
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