Honduras talks postponed, Arias has new proposal

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ de facto government said on Wednesday a new round of talks aimed at defusing the country’s political crisis had been delayed and that it was waiting for a new proposal from mediator Costa Rica.

“I am waiting for a new proposal” from mediator Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, Carlos Lopez, Honduras’ interim foreign minister and negotiator, told local television. “We are waiting for a call.”

(Reporting by Simon Gardner, Esteban Israel and Gustavo Palencia; editing by Mohammad Zargham)