Members of the Municipal Police give food to Honduran soldiers standing guard at the perimeter around the Brazilian Embassy on September 25, 2009 in Tegucigalpa. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who is holed up in the Brazilian embassy, said a dialogue had begun with the de facto government to seek a peaceful end to the crisis set off by the June 28 coup. (Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images)
Zelaya has been sheltering in the Brazilian embassy since slipping back into the country on Monday, prompting a tense standoff with security forces surrounding the mission.
"We condemn acts of intimidation against the Brazilian embassy and call upon the de facto government of Honduras to cease harassing the Brazilian embassy," U.S. Ambassador and current Security Council President Susan Rice told reporters after a meeting on Honduras.
She said the situation of the Brazilian embassy was the primary focus of the meeting, rather than the broader situation in Honduras.
