The interim government of Honduras and ousted President Manuel Zelaya have begun informal talks in a bid to end the current political crisis.
Mr Zelaya said he had met an unnamed official, for what he called "the beginning to find peaceful solutions".
The interim deputy foreign minister, Martha Lorena Alvarado, told the BBC that talks were not aimed at restoring Mr Zelaya to power.
Her government was within the law in removing him from office, she added.
President Zelaya, who has been three months in exile, made a dramatic return home on Monday, he has been holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa - where he sought refuge - ever since.
Earlier, the interim government, led by Roberto Micheletti, decided to lift a curfew it imposed following Mr Zelaya's return, but hundreds of police were reported to still be deployed near the Brazilian embassy.
The curfew - which lasted three days - is estimated to be have cost Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the region, $50m (£30m) a day.
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