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Mugabe meets Zimbabwean students, African diplomats in Russia
11 May 2015 at 16:57hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe on Sunday said Zimbabwe needs more trade and investments from economic powerhouses China and Russia to revive its economy.
Addressing Zimbabwean students studying in Russia, President Mugabe said the country needed much more investments from the two friendly countries.
"We are interested in economic relations with China and Russia. These two were the two countries that supported us during our liberation struggle."
"We still need much more investment and we appreciate what is coming from China and some have started to come from Russia," he said.
Zimbabwe and Russia are working on a joint $3 billion platinum mine project in Zimbabwe which Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov launched last year.
Following President Mugabe's state visit to China, the Asian economic powerhouse has sealed several bilateral deals with Zimbabwe which will see it investing in the energy, telecommunications and health sectors of the southern African country.
President Mugabe said Zimbabwe was depending on continued political support from China and Russia at the United Nations.
"We are happy that Russia is emerging as quite a strong force in Europe," he said. We depend on it and China because they supported us at the United Nations Security Council," he said.
Russia and China voted against a proposal by the British and US for the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe.
Earlier at a meeting with African ambassadors accredited to Moscow, President Mugabe urged the envoys to stick to African ideals and principles and refuse to be influenced by neo-imperialistic forces that seek to maintain a grip on the continent.
"There is nothing we cannot do on our own. If they are to come, let them come as equal partners and not come on the basis of good governance, or democracy."
"I hope wherever you are you are united as a continent. You are in a good country here, with a record of assisting us," he said. President Mugabe, who is in Moscow for an official visit, had the chance to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin where he appealed to the economic super power to pour investments into Zimbabwe's economy.
He is expected to meet Russians interested in investing in Zimbabwe on Monday. The Zimbabwean economy has been battered by sanctions that Western countries imposed more than a decade ago which are estimated to have cost the country more than $42 billion over the past decade.
In an effort to overcome effects of the embargo, the Zimbabwe government adopted the Look East policy which saw it strengthen ties with such countries as Russia and other Asian countrie.
Addressing Zimbabwean students studying in Russia, President Mugabe said the country needed much more investments from the two friendly countries.
"We are interested in economic relations with China and Russia. These two were the two countries that supported us during our liberation struggle."
"We still need much more investment and we appreciate what is coming from China and some have started to come from Russia," he said.
Zimbabwe and Russia are working on a joint $3 billion platinum mine project in Zimbabwe which Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov launched last year.
Following President Mugabe's state visit to China, the Asian economic powerhouse has sealed several bilateral deals with Zimbabwe which will see it investing in the energy, telecommunications and health sectors of the southern African country.
President Mugabe said Zimbabwe was depending on continued political support from China and Russia at the United Nations.
"We are happy that Russia is emerging as quite a strong force in Europe," he said. We depend on it and China because they supported us at the United Nations Security Council," he said.
Russia and China voted against a proposal by the British and US for the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe.
Earlier at a meeting with African ambassadors accredited to Moscow, President Mugabe urged the envoys to stick to African ideals and principles and refuse to be influenced by neo-imperialistic forces that seek to maintain a grip on the continent.
"There is nothing we cannot do on our own. If they are to come, let them come as equal partners and not come on the basis of good governance, or democracy."
"I hope wherever you are you are united as a continent. You are in a good country here, with a record of assisting us," he said. President Mugabe, who is in Moscow for an official visit, had the chance to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin where he appealed to the economic super power to pour investments into Zimbabwe's economy.
He is expected to meet Russians interested in investing in Zimbabwe on Monday. The Zimbabwean economy has been battered by sanctions that Western countries imposed more than a decade ago which are estimated to have cost the country more than $42 billion over the past decade.
In an effort to overcome effects of the embargo, the Zimbabwe government adopted the Look East policy which saw it strengthen ties with such countries as Russia and other Asian countrie.
Source - New Ziana
