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Thabo Mbeki meets Mugabe
28 Apr 2012 at 14:49hrs | Views
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki who is is the country to officiate at a dinner to launch a fundraising initiative for the University of Zimbabwe has paid a courtesy call on President Robert Mugabe at State House.
Mbeki was accompanied to the State House by Deputy Prime Minister Professor Arthur Mutambara and Zanu-PF national chairman, Ambassador Simon Khaya-Moyo, held a closed-door meeting with President Mugabe which lasted for over an hour.
Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Mr. Mbeki said he briefed the President on the situation in Sudan following the resumption of a civil war between Sudan and the oil-rich South.
He said President Mugabe also brief him about the on-going constitution-making process in Zimbabwe.
"I briefed President Mugabe on the situation in Sudan and I am happy to meet him again after such a long time," said Mr. Mbeki.
The Former South African president could not be drawn to divulge more information about their discussion and his personal view on the political situation as he referred all question to Professor Mutambara.
The visit by Mr. Mbeki comes at a time when Global Political Agreement which he brokered in 2008 is now living on borrowed time as cracks within the inclusive government continue to widen due to ideological differences between the revolutionary Zanu PF party and the western-sponsored MDC-T.
Mbeki was accompanied to the State House by Deputy Prime Minister Professor Arthur Mutambara and Zanu-PF national chairman, Ambassador Simon Khaya-Moyo, held a closed-door meeting with President Mugabe which lasted for over an hour.
Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Mr. Mbeki said he briefed the President on the situation in Sudan following the resumption of a civil war between Sudan and the oil-rich South.
"I briefed President Mugabe on the situation in Sudan and I am happy to meet him again after such a long time," said Mr. Mbeki.
The Former South African president could not be drawn to divulge more information about their discussion and his personal view on the political situation as he referred all question to Professor Mutambara.
The visit by Mr. Mbeki comes at a time when Global Political Agreement which he brokered in 2008 is now living on borrowed time as cracks within the inclusive government continue to widen due to ideological differences between the revolutionary Zanu PF party and the western-sponsored MDC-T.
Source - Zbc
