Ambassador Schmidt is the Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa and Sahel of the German Federal Foreign Office, visiting Zimbabwe from 23rd to 24th March 2015.
Schmidt underlined that the Constitution is a “new departure for Zimbabwe” which would protect individual dignity, grant democratic space and social rights. He emphasized that it will be all citizens who will first and foremost benefit from a clear and transparent “rule of law” system protecting their political and economic rights.
“A successful process of constitutional alignment as well as economic reform will also have positive impact on the improvement of Germany’s economic relationship with Zimbabwe. Economic interaction needs legal protection, foreign investors in particular need guarantees and clarity concerning their investments.”
Schmidt stressed “should the positive signals in the process of constitutional alignment and economic reform prove to be sustainable Germany is prepared to enter into an open dialogue with the Zimbabwean Government on ways out of the economic crisis, including the burdensome debt problem. I came to Harare in this spirit.”
During his visit Schmidt had meetings with Vice-President and Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Hon. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Minister of Finance, Hon. Patrick Chinamasa, the Minister of Welfare Services for War Veterans, Hon. Christopher Mutsvangwa and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as members of the opposition.
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