Moscow, July 17 (RIA Novosti) Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has called on the US to withdraw its troops from Honduras to ease the situation after the recent coup in the Central American state.

The Honduran military ousted President Manuel Zelaya from office and flew him to Costa Rica June 28, the day polls were due to open for a non-binding referendum on extending the president's non-renewable four-year term of office.

The US, which has an airbase in Honduras, has condemned the coup. It called off military cooperation with Honduras July 1, although it continues to use the base.

'The only correct decision at this moment is to demand the US authorities to stop interfering and providing military assistance to coup leaders and withdraw their troops from Honduras,' the Cuban media reported citing Castro.

He added that 'the coup in Honduras has created a really complicated situation in Latin America, which cannot be resolved by traps, cunning and lies'.