Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is trying to leave the country and seek exile in Mexico, BBC reported on Thursday citing local sources.

Last week, the Honduran Congress voted against the reinstatement of Zelaya, who has been holed up in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa for the past three months, for the remainder of his term, which ends in January.

Porfirio Lobo of the Honduran opposition National Party won the recent elections, which took place amid an ongoing political crisis.

Lobo, who lost to Zelaya in the 2005 election, is due to assume office on January 27 next year. He has vowed to seek dialogue with Zelaya's supporters.

Zelaya was bundled out of the country in late June by the Honduran military, with parliament Speaker Roberto Micheletti taking over the presidency.

The ousted president secretly returned to the country on September 21 and took refuge in the Brazilian Embassy hoping to regain control of the country.

According to the Associated Press, the Honduran interim government has already authorized Zelaya's safe passage to Mexico, although the Mexican officials could not confirm whether any arrangements have been made.

MOSCOW, December 10 (RIA Novosti)