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WASHINGTON — The US voiced disappointment Thursday at the failure of a seven-nation mission to persuade coup leaders in Honduras to accept a settlement and renewed its support for ousted president Manuel Zelaya.
"We are disappointed by this inability to move forward," the State Department said in a statement to AFP.
"The United States supports the peaceful restoration of democratic and constitutional order in Honduras with President Zelaya?s return as president to finish his term," it said.

"We firmly believe a negotiated solution is the appropriate way forward and that Costa Rican President Oscar Arias' plan for resolving this crisis is a good one," it said. "Both sides would be well advised to sign it promptly."
Foreign ministers from seven nations and the head of the Organization of American States returned empty-handed after failing to persuade Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti to accept the Arias plan.
The Costa Rican president had proposed the return of ousted leader Zelaya but also elections and an amnesty for the leaders of the bloodless June 28 coup. Zelaya supports the deal.
President Barack Obama's administration has firmly condemned the coup, despite Zelaya's leftist leanings and alliance with Venezuela's firebrand President Hugo Chavez.
The United States provided the plane for the mission to Honduras and stepped up pressure on the coup leaders by suspending the issuance of most US visas at the embassy in Tegucigalpa.
"We continue to call on all actors to avoid steps that increase division and polarization in Honduras, and needlessly place persons at risk or harm," the State Department said.