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EU should not be dragged into bilateral issues between Zimbabwe and Britain
04 Nov 2011 at 10:02hrs | Views
Simon Khaya Moyo of Zanu-PF says the European Union should distance itself from bilateral issues between Zimbabwe and its former coloniser, Britain.
Speaking to a Germany delegation, which had paid a courtesy call on him in a bid to increase bilateral cooperation, Ambassador Moyo said he is surprised that EU has been dragged into a bilateral issue between Zimbabwe and Britain by imposing illegal sanctions on the Southern African nation.
"We enjoy very good relations with your country but we are very concerned about the issue of sanctions on us [Zimbabwe]. The issue arose from our land reform programme and this was purely a bilateral issue between us and Britain. We never thought any country would be involved in the matter," said Ambassador Moyo.
Former State Secretary and member of the Germany Parliament, Mr Klaus- Jurgen Hedrich said his government is not interested in regime change in Zimbabwe, but wants to restore bilateral relations that used to exist between the two countries in the 1980's.
"We are here inorder to restore the bilateral relations. I want to assure you that nobody is interested in the issue of regime change," Mr Hedrich said.
Germany provided support for Zimbabwe during the liberation struggle where it identified young people in refugee camps in Mozambique who went for parliamentary training in that country.
In the 1980's, Zimbabwe received close to 200 teachers from Germany through an educational exchange programme.
Speaking to a Germany delegation, which had paid a courtesy call on him in a bid to increase bilateral cooperation, Ambassador Moyo said he is surprised that EU has been dragged into a bilateral issue between Zimbabwe and Britain by imposing illegal sanctions on the Southern African nation.
"We enjoy very good relations with your country but we are very concerned about the issue of sanctions on us [Zimbabwe]. The issue arose from our land reform programme and this was purely a bilateral issue between us and Britain. We never thought any country would be involved in the matter," said Ambassador Moyo.
"We are here inorder to restore the bilateral relations. I want to assure you that nobody is interested in the issue of regime change," Mr Hedrich said.
Germany provided support for Zimbabwe during the liberation struggle where it identified young people in refugee camps in Mozambique who went for parliamentary training in that country.
In the 1980's, Zimbabwe received close to 200 teachers from Germany through an educational exchange programme.
Source - ZBC
