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Source: TheZimbabwean.co.uk
| South African President Jacob Zuma (pictured) kick-started his three day visit to Zimbabwe on Wednesday by holding talks with the coalition government’s feuding leaders. Zuma, the regional mediator tasked with breaking the political deadlock in Zimbabwe, held one-on-one talks with Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday">Robert Mugabe And Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai On Wednesday morning. A break for lunch was followed by joint talks with all the leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara. The details of the meetings have not been disclosed, but the principals to the unity government both expressed satisfaction with progress made. Emerging from around two hours of talks held in Harare, Mugabe told journalists gathered that the discussions were going ‘very well’. He added: “We are very happy. There are no controversies.” Tsvangirai echoed the sentiments and said the talks were ‘going very well’. Zuma’s visit comes as negotiations between the political parties in the fragile coalition have remained deadlocked over outstanding issues of the Global Political Agreement (GPA). The parties have been in fruitless talks since last November, and have previously required regional intervention to keep channels of negotiation open. But headway has been repeatedly blocked by Zanu PF’s refusal to respect the GPA. The party has instead vowed not to give the MDC, its ‘partner’ in the government, any concessions until international targeted sanctions have been removed. These ‘sho... ... |
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