Zelaya upbeat on Honduras deal

Zelaya upbeat on Honduras deal

Manuel Zelaya, the ousted Honduran president, has said he is hopeful that his country's political crisis will soon be over.

Speaking to Al Jazeera in an interview broadcast on Sunday, Zelaya called for congress to "reverse the coup" that forced him from power.

"If the national congress decides to maintain the coup the crisis will continue. If the congress reverses the coup, the crisis will be over," he said by telephone from the Honduran capital.

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