Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday that he is optimistic about the outcome of the talks in Costa Rican between ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and post-coup leader Roberto Micheletti, local media reported.

Despite the fact that the first round of negotiations failed, Lula believed a positive result would ultimately come out. He warned that in such negotiations, it takes longer than one day to reach a satisfactory conclusion.

Talks in Costa Rica ended Friday without a breakthrough but the two sides agreed to hold next round of talks to seek a solution to the crisis.

"If it was easy, it would have been solved by now. Actually, (the coup) would not even have happened," Lula said after the G8 meeting in Italy.

However, the president said that the negotiations cannot take too long, noting that Zelaya's term is due to end in January 2010.

Lula has repeatedly voiced disapproval of the Honduran coup on June 28 and of the new government. He said the coup opens a dangerous precedent in Latin America and his administration would not recognize any Honduran government other than Zelaya's. Brazil has already pulled out its ambassador from Honduras.

Source: Xinhua