Zimbabwe and the European Union (EU) will officially launch
formal political dialogue in Harare tomorrow as relations continue to improve
between the two parties.
The development was confirmed by the Ministry of
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services.
EU head of delegation Ambassador Mr Timo Olkkonen supported
by ambassadors from Germany, Italy, Netherlands, UK, Romania, Spain, France,
Greece, Sweden, Czech Republic and Ireland will be in attendance at the
dialogue.
Zimbabwe will be represented by the Permanent Secretaries
in the ministries of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Finance and
Economic Development, Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement
and Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
The dialogue is part of re-engagement with the EU being
spearheaded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa who, upon coming into office in
November 2017, pledged his commitment to reintegrating Zimbabwe into the
international community.
This follows years of stained relations after the then
British government led by Tony Blair coerced fellow EU member states to impose
illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe over the country’s land reform programme.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Retired
Lieutenant General Dr Sibusiso Moyo earlier this year criticised the renewal of
sanctions on Zimbabwe by the United States of America.
He however said this would not hinder the trajectory taken
by the country to a forge ahead with the agenda to foster economic prosperity
through President Mnangagwa’s vision of having a middle income economy by 2030. zbc
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