WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - The Obama administration
recognizes ousted President Manuel Zelaya as the only
constitutional president of Honduras, a senior administration
official said on Sunday.
"We recognize Zelaya as the duly elected and constitutional
president of Honduras. We see no other," the official, who
spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters in a conference
call organized by the U.S. State Department.
A second official on the same conference call stressed that
the United States strongly backed efforts by the Organization
of American States to forge a resolution condemning a coup
d'etat ousting Zelaya on Sunday and calling for him to be
reinstated.
"This is not a process that should be interfered with
bilaterally by any country in the Americas," said the second
official.
"Ultimately the answer is going to arise from a resolution
of the political tensions that led us to this moment."
The two officials also reiterated earlier U.S. statements
that condemned the Honduran military's takeover and called for
a return to the democratic rule of law and a peaceful
resolution of the crisis through dialogue.
(Reporting by David Morgan, editing by Philip Barbara)
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