r the mediation of South African president Thabo Mbeki, said they will resume dialogue during the forst week of July after Mbeki reports back to his Southern African Development Community (SADC) colleagues on waht the two rival parties wold have agreed.
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ZANU PF and Movement for Democratic Change representatives have returned home after initial talks in Pretoria were they discussed a number of issues to stop the country’s political and economic crisis which is in its seventh year.
Zanu PF and MDC were convening unde
AU president John Kufuor of Ghana has given Mbeki’s mediation his full support.
The negotiations, under the chairmanship of SA’s Provincial and Local Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi, went “very well” at a personal level between delegates despite the two parties’ initial positions being like the “north and south poles”.
Zanu (PF) is represented by Zimbabwean Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Labour Minister Nicholas Goche, while the MDC negotiators include lawyers Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti.
After preliminary meetings on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, the parties agreed to discuss all the issues they had tabled. It is understood the parties eventually agreed on a common consolidated agenda.
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