Mugabe holds bilateral talks with Uhuru Kenyatta

President Robert Mugabe who is attending the 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Nairobi, has held bilateral talks with his Kenyan counterpart President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Despite a very tight schedule as head of state of the host country, President Kenyatta held bilateral talks with President Mugabe on the sidelines of the TICAD summit.

The closed door meeting lasted close to 40 minutes and Foreign Affairs Minister, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi who attended the talks said the two leaders had a very warm and very friendly exchange of views over a very wide range of issues that cover regional, continental and global matters.

Mumbengegwi said both leaders did appreciate the change of focus on the part of Japan that instead of simply looking at aid in the traditional terms, Japan is now looking at the whole question of industrialisation and value addition.

In terms of global issues, the two leaders discussed the United Nations reform and the leaders were very clear that Africa's position remains firm as spelt out in the Ezwulini Consensus.

Mumbengegwi said both leaders indicated their firm commitment to the common African position.

President Kenyatta also briefed President Mugabe on the threat caused by terrorists in Kenya and the East African region and the measures being taken to end the threat.

Political relations between Harare and Nairobi are very good but the two leaders agreed that more should be done to improve economic relations.