Mbeki set for key Zimbabwe talks
Saturday, 19 July 2008
South African President Thabo Mbeki is set to meet African Union chief Jean Ping in the latest bid to resolve Zimbabwe's political crisis, BBC reports.
The pair are expected to discuss ways of brokering a power-sharing agreement between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
Mr Tsvangirai is reportedly waiting to see what the talks yield before agreeing to deal with Mr Mugabe.
Zimbabwe's leaders are under increasing pressure to reach an agreement.
A memorandum of understanding setting out the conditions for talks on a possible power-sharing agreement was expected to be signed this week.
But Mr Tsvangirai has not yet signed it.
His party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has set several conditions for talks, including the end of government-backed violence it says has killed 120 of its supporters.
The pair are expected to discuss ways of brokering a power-sharing agreement between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
Mr Tsvangirai is reportedly waiting to see what the talks yield before agreeing to deal with Mr Mugabe.
Zimbabwe's leaders are under increasing pressure to reach an agreement.
A memorandum of understanding setting out the conditions for talks on a possible power-sharing agreement was expected to be signed this week.
But Mr Tsvangirai has not yet signed it.
His party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has set several conditions for talks, including the end of government-backed violence it says has killed 120 of its supporters.