Aug 28, 2009, 13:20 GMT
Santander, Spain - The European Union is considering new measures to pressure Honduras to allow the return to power of ousted president Manuel Zelaya, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Friday.
The EU's Latin America Group will discuss the measures in the coming week, Moratinos said.
The international community was seeking the return of Zelaya, who was ousted by the military on June 28, so that elections could be held in November and the country could return to 'the constitutional path,' Moratinos explained.
He did not say what kind of measures were being considered, specifying only that they would not include not granting visas to Honduran citizens, because 'there are no visas between the EU and Honduras.'
The EU wanted to send a 'signal' to the 'de facto' government headed by Roberto Micheletti that 'military coups are not acceptable in the 21st century,' the minister said.
The EU has repeatedly called for the restoration of constitutional rule in Honduras. On July 21, the bloc agreed to suspend all non- humanitarian aid to the Central American state.
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