This follows mounting international pressure on Mugabe after power sharing talks stalled, owing to his refusal to cede power to Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai.
Mugabe also courted international censure after he announced that he would go ahead and appoint a cabinet which exludes the opposition, if its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, refuses to sign a power sharing deal.
Under the deal, Tsvangirai would be junior to Mugabe. Matonga said the West should instead engage Mugabe, as criticism and sanctions against him and his key allies would not solve the political crisis.
Matonga told RadioVOP that Mugabe is willing and ready to engage Western leaders, in a bid to find a lasting solution to the Zimbabwe situation.
The West has threatened to push for tougher action against Mugabe, if he continues to cede power to Tsvangirai on the basis that he won the discredited June 27 presidential runoff vote.
Radio VOP
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