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SUBJECT: PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ ANNOUCES HE WILL ATTEND LOBO 
INAUGURATION AFTER PEPE SIGNS DECLARATION ON NATIONAL RECONCILIATION 
 
REF: 12/12 E-MAIL FROM AMB. LLORENS 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: Alexander Margulies, Counselor for Political & 
Economic Affairs, State, ECOPOL; REASON: 1.4(B), (D) 
 
SUMMARY 
 
 
 
¶1.  (C)  President Leonel Fernandez and Honduran President-elect 
Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, on 01/20/10, signed an "Accord for National 
Reconciliation and the Strengthening of Democracy in Honduras" 
during Lobo's visit to the Dominican Republic.  Five senior 
Honduras politicians representing different political parties 
reportedly signed as witnesses.  In the Accord, Lobo commits 
himself to comply with the San -Jose-Tegucigalpa Agreement, form a 
government of national unity and reconciliation, respect human 
rights and civil liberties and grant safe conduct to President Jose 
Manuel Zelaya.  In addition, Lobo, on the basis of this Accord, 
requests that the international community take steps to fully 
reincorporate Honduras.  Fernandez subsequently announced that he 
will attend Lobo's inauguration, urged other countries to recognize 
the Lobo government upon its taking office, and said that 
afterwards he would accompany Zelaya to the Dominican Republic, 
adding that Zelaya was in agreement with the Accord.  Foreign 
Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, in a meeting that evening with 
Charge and Pol-Econ Counselor, said that Fernandez would be 
contacting Guatemala's Alvaro Colum and El Salvador's Mauricio 
Funes to encourage them to join him in Tegucigalpa on 01/27; asked 
if WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela could contact Costa 
Rica's Oscar Arias, Colombia's Alvaro Uribe and Peru's Alan Garcia 
to convey the same message; and staged a phone call to OAS 
Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, at the conclusion of which 
he announced that the latter would call an OAS General Council 
meeting for Friday, 01/22, to discuss Honduran developments.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
 
 
LOBO SIGNS ACCORD, FERNANDEZ TO ATTEND INAUGURATION AND ESCORT 
ZELAYA TO THE DR 
 
 
 
¶2.  (U)  Honduran President-elect Porfirio Lobo, accompanied by 
Honduran politicians Elvin Santos, Cesar Ham, Felicito Avila, 
Ricardo Alvarez and Mario Canahuate, travelled to the Dominican 
Republic (DR) on 01/20/10, to meet with President Leonel Fernandez 
and sign an "Accord for National Reconciliation and the 
Strengthening of Democracy in Honduras" (see para _ for the text of 
this Accord) .  Following the signature of the accord, Fernandez 
announced that he would be present at Lobo's inauguration and would 
return to the DR with President Zelaya, adding that Zelaya was in 
agreement with this arrangement.  Fernandez also called on other 
governments to recognize the Lobo government on the basis of its 
return to democracy and its acceptance by all other political 
sectors in Honduras. 
 
 
 
FOREIGN MINISTER SEEKS OAS AND USG HELP IN CONVINCING OTHERS 
 
 
 
¶3.  (C)  That evening, Charge and Pol-Econ Counselor met with 
Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and Vice Minister Juan 
Manuel Trullols.  Morales gave a thumb's up when asked about Lobo's 
visit, emphasizing that the Honduran President-elect was delighted 
to sign the commitment to abide by the San Jose-Tegucigalpa 
Agreement and grant safe conduct out of the country to Zelaya. 
Morales recalled that Elvin Santos, Felicito Avila, Ricardo Alvarez 
and Mario Canahuate signed on as witnesses, but thought that Cesar 
Ham did not, even though he was present (NOTE:  The Presidency's 
website indicates that Ham did sign the Accord, although only the 
text of the agreement is presented, not a photocopy of the signed 
document.  END NOTE). 
 
 
 
¶4.  (C)  With Emboffs sitting across from him, Morales made a show 
of calling OAS Secretary General Insulza to ask the latter to move 
forward on previously discussed measures relating to Honduras 
(COMMENT:  Insulza was in Santo Domingo on 01/18/10 to attend the 
hemispheric conference on coordinating Haiti relief and 
reconstruction efforts and presumably met privately with 
Fernandez/Morales to discuss Fernandez's plans for supporting 
 
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recognition of the  Lobo administration.  END COMMENT).  Morales 
told Insulza that Fernandez will be calling Colum and Funes to urge 
them to join him in attending the Lobo inauguration, and, gazing at 
us said that  "friends" will be making a similar call to Arias.  At 
the conclusion of the phone conversation, Morales stated that 
Insulza would call an OAS General Council meeting for this Friday, 
01/22/10, to address the positive developments re Honduras.  The 
Foreign Minister then asked if A/S Valenzuela could contact Oscar 
Arias, Alvaro Uribe and Alan Garcia to encourage them to join in 
the trip to Tegucigalpa (COMMENT:  Septel will report on A/S 
Valenzuela's 01/18/10 discussions with Fernandez/Morales regarding 
Honduras.  END COMMENT) .  Morales opined that he thought Mexico 
could be persuaded to send at least its Foreign Minister and said 
that Fernandez may even call Nicaragua's Ortega to see if he can 
send a rep, though he didn't say this with any confidence. 
 
 
 
TEXT OF AGREEMENT 
 
 
 
¶5.  Begin unofficial Embassy translation: 
 
 
 
ACCORD FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND THE STRENGTHENING OF 
DEMOCRACY IN HONDURAS 
 
 
 
He who signs this, Don Porfirio Lobo Sosa, President-elect of the 
Republic of Honduras, conscious of the responsibility that history 
has placed on my shoulders; convinced of the necessity to return my 
country Honduras to national tranquility, interrupted by 
unfortunate recent events; desirous to achieve the reconciliation 
of our people and the full operation of a state of law, giving 
continuity to the San Jose-Tegucigalpa Accord, carried out under 
the auspices of President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica, in frank and 
friendly dialogue with Dr. Leonel Fernandez, President of the 
Dominican Republic, and through his mediation, before the 
international community, I make the solemn and formal commitment 
to: 
 
 
 
(1)   ON THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION 
 
 
 
In order to achieve reconciliation and fortify democracy, we will 
conform a Government of National Unity and Reconciliation, made up 
of representatives of the diverse political parties, recognized by 
their capacity, honorability, fitness and willingness to engage in 
dialogue, who shall occupy the distinct Secretariats and Under 
Secretariats of State, in conformity with Article 246 and those 
that follow of the Constitution of the Republic of Honduras. 
 
 
 
In harmony with the foregoing, I shall proceed, as soon as I assume 
the functions of Constitutional President of the Republic of 
Honduras, to dictate an act of safe conduct in favor of President 
Jose Manuel Zelaya and of his family members, with the purpose that 
they can exercise the full civil right to enjoy the freedom to 
travel that corresponds to them, exactly as is consecrated in the 
Constitution of the Republic. 
 
 
 
In equal manner, I commit myself to head a government respectful of 
human rights, where there will be full enjoyment of public freedoms 
and, consequently, no Honduran citizen will see himself persecuted 
for his political, religious or other type of convictions. 
 
 
 
It is agreed that President Jose Manuel Zelaya, his relatives, and 
the members of his intimate circle shall be able to leave for the 
Dominican Republic on January 27, 2010 in the character of honored 
guests of that sister nation. 
 
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(2)  ON THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS 
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 
 
 
 
By committing ourselves to comply faithfully with the commitments 
assumed in the present Accord, we respectfully solicit the 
immediate revocation of those measures and sanctions adopted on a 
bilateral or multilateral level, the in any manner affects the 
reinsertion and full participation of the Republic of Honduras in 
the international community and its access to all forms of 
cooperation. 
 
 
 
We make a call to the international community to reactivate as soon 
as possible the existing cooperation projects with the Republic of 
Honduras, and to continue the negotiation of future projects.  In 
particular, we ask that, upon the request of the competent 
authorities, the international cooperation is activated that is 
deemed necessary and opportune so that the Verification Commission 
and the Truth Commission assure the faithful compliance with and 
following of the commitments contained in this Accord. 
 
 
 
(3)  ENTRANCE IN FORCE 
 
 
 
The commitments assumed in the present Act will acquire formal and 
total effect from the moment of its signature.  For the 
reconciliation, unity and peace of Honduras we commit ourselves to 
execute in good faith the present Act of Reconciliation. 
 
 
 
Signed in Santo Domingo, on the 20th day of January, 2010. 
 
 
 
Dr. Leonel Fernandez 
Don Porfirio Lobo 
 
President of the Dominican Republic 
President-elect of Honduras 
 
 
 
As Witness of Honor of the signing of the present Act of 
Reconciliation 
 
 
 
Elvin Santos, Ex-candidate Partido Liberal 
 
Cesar Ham, Partido Unificacion Democratica 
 
Felicito Avila, Ex-candidate of the  Partido Democrata Cristaino 
 
Ricardo Alvarez, President of the Partido Nacional 
 
Mario Canahuate, Ex-candidate presidential primaries Partido 
Nacional 
 
 
 
End Text. 
Lambert