HARARE Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai arrived to a warm welcome in the Libyan capital, Tripoli where he was the guest of strongman Col Muammar Gaddafi. Tsvangirai departed from Harare on Thursday en route FIRST to Morocco where he said he intended to discuss areas of co-operation with officials. He then proceeded to Tripoli where he said he planned to brief Gaddafi, who is the current chairman of the African Union, on the latest situation pertaining to the Zimbabwe unity government.
I am taking the opportunity of being in the region to meet the chairman of the AU about the developments in the country and what progress we are making, Tsvangirai told journalists at Harares International Airport moments before he boarded his flight.
Tsvangirai said he had been invited to Tripoli by Gaddafi, a long time ally of President Mugabe. The Prime Minister was met on arrival in Tripoli by his counterpar, the Libyan Prime Minister, Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi. Prime Minister Tsvangirai was met with full military honours, James Madidadi said in a dispatch to The Zimbabwe Times from Tripoli Sunday.
He took the salute from members of the army, the airforce, the navy and the police. He will meet the Prime Minister at the PMs offices in Tripoli. Tsvangirai said on departure from Harare that negotiators representing his Movement for Democratic Change party were meeting with representatives of President Mugabes Zanu-PF party in a bid to resolve disputes within the power-sharing agreement.
The whole urgency of the matter is to try and rescue the credibility of the inclusive government, Tsvangirai said.
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