Head of Honduran post-coup authorities Roberto Micheletti on Sunday ordered to detain the five members of an Organization of American States (OAS) delegation for six hours and then expelled four of them, delegation member John Biehl said on Sunday.

Biehl, a Chilean, said two U.S. citizens, a Canadian and a Colombian were expelled.

Meanwhile, Carlos Lopez Contreras, foreign minister of the Honduran interim government, told a press conference that it was not the right moment for Honduras to receive the delegation.

He said Honduras would set a date for a meeting with the OAS next week.

"They (OAS delegates) understood it (was not the right time), they recognized they had been warned, but they decided to try their luck to see if in some way their entry would be allowed," said Lopez.

The OAS said last week it would send a delegation to Honduras, but the post-coup government replied in a Wednesday statement that the delegation would be received at a later and unspecified date, which must first be agreed by Micheletti's diplomats.

The Honduran de facto government said that it would only receive a delegation led by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and Panamanian Vice President Juan Carlos Varela.

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a military coup on June 28. The OAS later decided to suspend Honduras's membership after the post-coup authorities missed a deadline on Zelaya's reinstatement.

Source: Xinhua