The ousted Honduran president has rejected an offer to leave his country for Mexico because it would require him to abandon his claims to the presidency.
Honduras' de facto government has said it would allow Manuel Zelaya safe passage out of the country only if he applied for political asylum in Mexico.
Zelaya told Al Jazeera on Thursday that he would not let go "his rights as a president".
"I've been trying to find a solution in Mexico or in the Dominican Republic but they [the government] are asking me to resign and that's not going to happen.
"I'm not gonna let go my rights as a citizen and as a president. I've been fighting to bring back the democratic order in Honduras."
Mexican plane
Mexico formally sought to secure safe passage for Zelaya on Wednesday, even dispatching a plane to the Honduran capital to collect the deposed leader.
Zelaya has been taking refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa since he returned from exile in September.
Leaving the country as a political refugee would effectively end his chances of being
reinstated as president until his term ends January 27.
Frank Contreras, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Mexico City, said Mexican diplomats were still in Honduras trying to negotiate Zelaya's departure.
"The Mexican government will continue its vigours activity behind the scenes.
"Mexico has a long-standing history of playing a role in helping political refugees ... it is trying to poster itself as a key diplomatic centre for Latin America.
"If it can't find a way trough this long-standing diplomatic entanglement that has been going on for months now, that of course will be a brownie point for the Mexican government."
'Humiliation'
Celso Amorim, the Brazilian foreign minister, condemned the conditions set by the Honduran government.
"This attitude of humiliation toward President Zelaya, to want him to sign documents [saying he is not president], is something I have never seen.''
"This condition laid down by the putschist government is unprecedented, they cannot create conditions Zelaya must meet before leaving the country," he said.
Honduran officials have threatened to arrest Zelaya on a string of charges that include treason and corruption if he leaves the embassy, which has been surrounded by soldiers for months.
Zelaya has demanded his reinstatement since being ousted, but the country's congress voted against restoring him to power.
Fresh elections that were held last month saw Porfirio Lobo, a National Party politician, win the presidency.
Zelaya was forced into exile after the supreme court, congress and business leaders said he acted against the constitution and tried to illegally extend limits to his term in office.
He has repeatedly denied this and pointed out that it would have been impossible to change the constitution before his term in office was complete.