 Around the World: Zimbabwe
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-25 07:32 Govt, opposition open talks Senior negotiators from Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC and the ruling ZANU-PF party began talks yesterday and a report indicated they were close to reaching a deal on forming a unity government. The talks were under way yesterday, South Africa President Thabo Mbeki's spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga said. Senior Movement for Democratic Change officials and two Zimbabwean Cabinet ministers were leading the rival negotiating teams meeting at an undisclosed venue around the South African capital Pretoria. (China Daily 07/25/2008 page12) |
