Britain is backing various political and economic reforms
adopted by the Government to turn around the country’s economy.
This was said by British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ms Melanie
Robinson when she paid a courtesy call on Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration
Cde Obert Mpofu at his Zanu-PF Headquarters offices in Harare yesterday.
The meeting was also attended by the ruling party’s
Politburo members, who included Cdes Cleveria Chizema, Sydney Sekeramayi and
Josaya Hungwe.
“We had a good opportunity to discuss the UK-Zimbabwe
relationship and I was able to assure the chairman (Secretary for
Administration) of the UK’s commitment to seeing Zimbabwe succeed and our
desire to see Zimbabwe along its pathway to a more prosperous, peaceful and
democratic future,” she said.
“I was able to express our support for the reforms the President
has laid out on the economic and political side and that those reforms are
meaningful and sustained and to say the more Zimbabwe is able to reform, the
more the UK is able to engage and support that reform process. We had a very
productive discussion around those issues.”
Cde Mpofu said the discussions centred on Government’s
reform agenda.
“The discussion we had this morning revolved around
reforms; constitutional reforms, the land policy, the Motlanthe Commission,
economic issues to do with the sanctions, the issues to do with our currency
and other related issues,” Cde Mpofu
said.
“But I can assure you that the meeting was very helpful in
terms of issues topical between us. On the issue of the Commonwealth, the
ambassador spoke strongly about the need for Zimbabwe to go back to the
Commonwealth.”
Western sanctions are making it difficult for
Government to turn around the economy. he embargo denies the country lines of credit vital to
revitalise the economy.
The African Union (AU), Sadc and progressive members of the
international community have called for the removal of sanctions to enable
Zimbabwe turn around her economy, but those who have imposed the embargo are
reluctant to do so.
Government has adopted a number of policy measures that
include opening up the economy and aligning laws with the Constitution to
create an enabling environment for investors.
The reform policy is outlined in the Transitional
Stabilisation Programme (TSP), whose aim is to lay the foundation for a middle-income
economy by the year 2030. Herald
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