Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya said he held talks with a representative of the interim government that replaced him after June's coup - one of several negotiation initiatives undertaken to resolve the political crisis rocking the Central American country.

The informal talks Thursday night were with an official Zelaya did not identify but he described their positions as "inflexible."

The four candidates running in November's presidential election also met with Roberto Micheletti, head of the interim government, and then with Zelaya, who ended the exile he has been in since the coup by slipping back into Honduras Monday. He has taken refuge at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.

What was discussed or accomplished was not released after the talks with Porfirio Lobo Sosa, candidate for the National Party; Elvin Santos, of the Liberal Party; Felicito Avila of the Christian Democratic Party; and Bernhard Martinez of the National Innovation and Unity Party.

An auxiliary bishop in the Catholic Church also became involved in the negotiations. He met Thursday afternoon with Micheletti and later with Zelaya. The Catholic Church in Honduras, however, has sided with Micheletti and described the June 28 coup against Zelaya as justified.

The negotiations came at a time when Hondurans are becoming fed up with the crisis, which has resulted in clashes on the streets between Zelaya's supporters and security officers that have killed at least one person, a curfew and business closings.

On Thursday night, the government ordered the curfew to remain in effect for a large part of Honduras, including Tegucigalpa, while Zelaya's supporters said they would again demonstrate Friday

Thousands of supporters of both Micheletti and Zelaya took to the streets Thursday in separate demonstrations.

While Micheletti's supporters, dressed in white, demanded the end of "foreign interference" in Honduras, Zelaya's supporters, wearing red, demanded the reinstatement of the ousted president.

At a pro-government demonstration Thursday, protestors called for Honduras to find a solution without international interference after the interim government charged Brazil with meddling in the country's internal affairs and of having turned its embassy into a "subversion centre" used by Zelaya to incite his supporters to engage in violence and looting.

Democratically elected Zelaya was ousted after seeking a referendum to change the constitution to allow him to run again for president. (dpa)