The ongoing political crisis in Honduras has reached an impasse as the post-coup government is unwilling to accept the mediation of the Organization of American States (OAS) to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza, who arrived here on Friday to mediate for the reinstatement of Zelaya, was quoted by local media on Friday evening as saying that Honduras' interim government did not want to restore the ousted president.

"Unfortunately ... the conditions are not there for Zelaya's return," Insulza told a news conference after talks with officials in the country, adding the OAS would continue to recognize Zelaya.

The OAS does not officially recognize the post-coup government and has given Honduras until Saturday noon to reinstate Zelaya or face expulsion.

Insulza told the news conference that the OAS would decide on Saturday whether to suspend Honduras' membership from the regional organization.

The OAS chief said he would immediately recommend the suspension of Honduras from the regional group due to its post-coup rulers' refusal to reinstate Zelaya.

Earlier on Friday, Enrique Ortez Colindres, the foreign minister of the post-coup government, told media that the government would not negotiate with the OAS.

"We have a very firm position that we do not negotiate Honduras' sovereignty," Ortez said.

Ortez said Insulza had implicitly recognized the government by visiting the nation.

"From the moment he arrived in Honduras, he was already speaking to the Honduras government and this servant of the government," said Ortez.

"The world knows Insulza is in Honduras and under the protection of Roberto Micheletti's government," he added.

Micheletti took power on Sunday just hours after Zelaya was seized from his bed by hundreds of heavily armed soldiers and forced to board a plane to Costa Rica.

Ortez on Friday repeated that Micheletti would not be willing to step down.

The Micheletti government has also said that previously scheduled elections will go ahead on Nov. 29 and that Micheletti will hand over power to a new president on Jan. 27.

Meanwhile, according to earlier reports, Zelaya left El Salvador Friday night after a short visit there.

Zelaya, who arrived in El Salvador from Panama, met briefly with El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes and left on a private plane, Salvadorian presidency communication minister David Rivas said, without specifying where Zelaya went.

Earlier on Friday, Zelaya spoke to Salvadorian broadcaster Radio Cadena Mi Gente, calling on Hondurans not to allow themselves to be defeated by the armed forces and what he called "a few power-hungry politicians."

Zelaya is planning to return to Honduras this weekend, a week after he was forced into exile to Costa Rica.

Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said Friday that he was ready to accompany Zelaya to return to Tegucigalpa this weekend.

However, Micheletti has said that Zelaya should not return to the country, saying that "There is nothing to negotiate, there is a new government in power and he should respect."

The United Nations, EU, OAS and many foreign government leaders have condemned the military uprising and refused to recognize Micheletti's government.

In addition, Honduras' neighbors halted cross-border trade for several days and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration stopped disbursements of any new loans to the Micheletti government.

On Friday, the U.S. embassy in Honduras also called on political forces in the country to resolve the current crisis through peaceful dialogue.

"We call on all political and social groups to use dialogue to lift Honduras out of the constitutional crisis in which it currently finds itself, using peaceful, balanced and democratic means within the rule of law and without recourse of violence," the embassy said in a statement.

Source: Xinhua