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"Dialogue will probably start when the foreign ministers are here," said Biehl, refering to an OAS mission including Insulza and regional foreign ministers due to arrive in Honduras on October 7.
"The idea is simply to support what will be a dialogue to find a peaceful solution. This time we've met with more willingness on both sides," said Biehl.
The comments came after the de facto regime backed down and invited back the foreign ministers and officials from the pan-American body after expelling four members of Biehl's mission who arrived with him here on Sunday.
They came despite the regime's widely-critized clampdown on civil liberties, which was even opposed by the country's Congress which backed the coup.
Some members of the business elite who supported the ouster of Zelaya have also showed signs of backing down from their hardline stance in the face of US pressure, while a top army chief was upbeat about a solution on Tuesday.
"There's a very large effort on both sides for Honduras to prevail and find an agreement through dialogue," Biehl added, as the debate developed on how to adapt the once-rejected San Jose accord, which includes Zelaya's return to the presidency, as a solution to one of Central America's worst crises in recent years.
Police on Wednesday detained supporters of Zelaya who had camped out in the capital for three months to protest his ouster, after closing down two pro-Zelaya media stations this week.
Zelaya is holed up in the Brazilian embassy, surrounded by security forces, after making a surprise return on September 21.
The de facto leaders allege that left-leaning Zelaya ignored court orders to drop plans for a constitutional referendum that could have given him another term.
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"The idea is simply to support what will be a dialogue to find a peaceful solution. This time we've met with more willingness on both sides," said Biehl.
The comments came after the de facto regime backed down and invited back the foreign ministers and officials from the pan-American body after expelling four members of Biehl's mission who arrived with him here on Sunday.
They came despite the regime's widely-critized clampdown on civil liberties, which was even opposed by the country's Congress which backed the coup.
Some members of the business elite who supported the ouster of Zelaya have also showed signs of backing down from their hardline stance in the face of US pressure, while a top army chief was upbeat about a solution on Tuesday.
"There's a very large effort on both sides for Honduras to prevail and find an agreement through dialogue," Biehl added, as the debate developed on how to adapt the once-rejected San Jose accord, which includes Zelaya's return to the presidency, as a solution to one of Central America's worst crises in recent years.
Police on Wednesday detained supporters of Zelaya who had camped out in the capital for three months to protest his ouster, after closing down two pro-Zelaya media stations this week.
Zelaya is holed up in the Brazilian embassy, surrounded by security forces, after making a surprise return on September 21.
The de facto leaders allege that left-leaning Zelaya ignored court orders to drop plans for a constitutional referendum that could have given him another term.
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