Mugabe says no to Chissano
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- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:17:32 GMT
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Mugabe says no to Chissano
Gaborone - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has turned down an offer from
former Mozambican leader Joaquim Chissano to mediate between the Zimbabwe
government and the opposition, the former president said on Wednesday.
"President Mugabe said clearly there is no need (for) such talks," Chissano
told reporters on the fringes of a Southern African Development Community
(SADC) summit in Gaborone.
"It is an internal problem that they can handle through the democratic
institutions in Zimbabwe," he said, adding that this message was conveyed to
him through Zimbabwean officials.
The African Union announced this month that its chair, Nigerian President
Olusegun Obasanjo, had appointed Chissano to "mediate in Zimbabwe."
Copies of his letter of appointment were sent to Mugabe and opposition
leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
Chissano, during a recent visit to Tunis, said he would be willing to broker
talks between Mugabe's government and the opposition Movement for Democratic
Change, but added that he first had to find out whether the two parties were
interested.
Mugabe has ruled out talks with the MDC which has said in turn that it was
not interested in discussions with the government either.
Chissano said he did not expect to meet with Mugabe during the SADC summit
in Gaborone.
Asked whether he thought Zimbabwe needed help, Chissano replied: "My opinion
is yes, the world must help Zimbabwe to solve their problems when they
request that."
Zimbabwe is in the throes of an economic, political and social crisis,
grappling with triple-digit inflation, spiralling unemployment and an acute
scarcity of essential goods.
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