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» Monday, March 19, 2007

Zimbabwe

Asked if there had been any diplomatic moves regarding Zimbabwe, the PMOS replied that the important thing regarding Zimbabwe was that Africans led the process, and the African leaders had been bolder in a reaction to recent events than before. The Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete visited President Mugabe yesterday, and President Kikwete and President Mbeke had launched a new initiative to address the crisis. The PMOS said that there was a summit of southern African leaders coming up soon, and that would help set out the next steps. For our part, we were keeping the pressure up, which included EU sanctions in the form of freezing assets and banning travel for over 100 of the top leadership in Zimbabwe. We would do everything we could to maintain the pressure, but the important thing in influencing events on the ground was that this was seen as being with the Africans in the lead, rather than us. However, we could fulfil a part in pushing it from behind.

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Peter Hain who had said that President Mugabe should "go now", the PMOS said that the Prime Minister had made his view very clear, both in terms of President Mugabe and regarding what had happened. What was important, however, was that we did not go for things that were just statements, but rather, that we actioned them.

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