Honduras' post-coup leader, Roberto Micheletti, annouced Tuesday that he would accept the mediation efforts by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.
Micheletti said he would leave for Costa Rica on Thursday, where he is expected to meet Arias and Honduras' deposed president, Manuel Zelaya.
However, he said the trip to San Jose was for a "dialogue", not for any "negotiations", as Zelaya was deposed in line with the Honduran Constitution.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that Arias will be responsible for the mediation of the political crisis in Honduras after she met privately with Zelaya at the State Department.
"He (Arias) is the natural person to assume this role," Clinton said, adding that the United States will continue supporting the efforts of the Organization of American States to resolve Honduras' political crisis.
At least two people were killed and several others injured in a conflict between Zelaya's supporters and Honduran police forces on Sunday when a plane carrying Zelaya was blocked to land in Tegucigalpa's Toncontin airport.
Authorities said Tuesday the obstacles at the runway have been removed. Spokesmen from the control tower told Xinhua that the international and national flights were "operating with normality" since 11:30 a.m. local time.
Zelaya was ousted and forced into exile in Costa Rica on June 28. Micheletti took over the presidency and formed a new cabinet hours later.
(Xinhua News Agency July 8, 2009)
