TEGUCIGALPA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Honduras' post-coup leader Roberto Micheletti said in a Tuesday interview with domestic radio station HRN that deposed president Manuel Zelaya should not return to the country.

    "If Zelaya loves Honduras he should not come," said Micheletti, adding Zelaya had tried to negotiate his return to power with a high-ranking military official.

    Zelaya on Tuesday announced plans to return to Honduras on Thursday, saying he would be accompanied by UN General Assembly head Miguel D'Escoto, the Organization of American States (OAS) chief Jose Miguel Insulza, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez and Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa.

    "There is nothing to negotiate, there is a new government in power and that he should respect," Micheletti said.

    Meanwhile, Honduras' Attorney General Luis Alberto Rubi told media on Tuesday that his office had issued arrest warrants for deposed President Manuel Zelaya and Zelaya would be arrested if he attempts to enter Honduras.

    "Once he enters the nation he will be arrested by the National Police, and what's more instructions have been sent to the International Police," Rubi said.

    "There is a great deal of misinformation. Honduras is a nation governed by laws. We live based on rule of law and we live respecting the constitution of the republic and its laws," he said.

    Rubi said that Zelaya's arrest warrant features 18 separate crimes including abuse of power and treason. He said that Honduras' prosecutors had warned Zelaya that he was acting illegally and that they would take appropriate measures.

    Also on Tuesday, two senior officials of the Honduran National Business Council (COHEP) publicly opposed Zelaya's return.

    "If Zelaya returns, the crisis the country is experiencing will worsen," COHEP President Amilcar Bulnes told media. "Conditions are not right at the moment for the ex-president to return to power in the nation," Bulnes said.

    COHEP Director Benjamin Bogran called on the international community to "respect Honduras' internal decisions" and asked the OAS and the United Nations to send missions to Honduras "to see what is really happening."

    Representing Honduras, Zelaya on Monday attended a summit of the Central American Integration System held in Nicaragua's capital Managua. Most nations and international organizations have issued statements saying they will not recognize the post-coup government.

    Honduras has seen clashes between soldiers and Zelaya supporters that killed two and injured 60 on Monday. More than 270 people have been arrested.

    Soldiers have fired shots and tear gas at demonstrators who gathered outside the Presidential Palace in defiance of martial law declared Sunday night. But demonstrations against the new government have spread in at least three departments in the nation.

    Honduras' Congress appointed Micheletti as the nation's president on Sunday, in a session that began with the reading of a resignation letter, purportedly from Zelaya.

    Zelaya, who was snatched from his bed in the Presidential Palace by hooded and heavily armed troops and forced to board a plane to Costa Rica, has denied signing any such letter.

    Most nations and most multi-lateral organizations have issued statements slamming the coup. The Central American Integration System has cut off the nation's access to credit. Honduras' neighbors - Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua -- have halted cross-border trade.